09-20-201309-20-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2673BBoston
September 20, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Eleven Boxes of Dance Ephemera, Programs, and Souvenir Books

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Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2673BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 20, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Eleven Boxes of Dance Ephemera, Programs, and Souvenir Books, including a program from Académie Nationale de Musique et de Danse, 1936, annotated with three pencil drawings attributed to Alexandre Benois; memorabilia from Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn (c. 1920-1949); Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1930s-40s); European dance companies (1940-60s); and modern dance companies including Alvin Ailey, Eric Hawkins, Paul Taylor, Dance Theater of Harlem, Harkness, and Ruth Page and The Chicago Opera Ballet.
Estimate $1,500-2,000

Box 1: Russian Ballet Companies, Kirov, Bolshoi, Fokine, including some vintage programs from 1912-1936, with one annotated with three pencil drawings attributed to Alexandre Benois (Académie Nationale de Musique et de Danse, 1936).
Box 2: The Ballet Caravan with a program signed by Lincoln Kirstein, American Ballet programs, including Primera Jira Interamericana (1941),New York City Ballet primarily 1970s-1990s.
Box 3: The Ballet Caravan, The American Ballet (1935),Ballet Society (1946-47),New York City Ballet 1965-1991, including a program signed by Balanchine.
Box 4: Miscellaneous American Ballet and Dance Companies, including Joffrey, Dance Theater of Harlem, Harkness, Boston Ballet, Ruth Page and The Chicago Opera Ballet (late 1960s),Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre (1953-54),Souvenir Program Irene and Vernon Castle First American Tour 1914.
Box 5: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1930s-40s) including an autographed program by Leon Danelian (1957).
Box 6: Modern Dance Companies, mostly Martha Graham (1936-1988),Alvin Aily, Erick Hawkins, Paul Taylor, plus Ballet Philadelphia (1937),Vernon Castle and Victor Talking Machine Company brochure, Raymond Duncan Les Travaux d'Herakles (1919).
Box 7: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, souvenir programs from 1939-40 to 1961-2.
Box 8: European Ballet Companies from 1940s-1960s, Joos Ballet, Kreutzner/Georgi gala (1929),Trudi Schoop, Le Ballet Polonais (1937),Dancers of Bali (1952),Unknown Dance Company appearing in Beijing (1961).
Box 9: Ballet Theatre and American Ballet Theatre annuals and souvenir programs (1944-1990).
Box 10: Early Ballet Theatre programs (1940-55),American Ballet Theatre programs from 1957-8 to 1972.
Box 11: Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn materials (1920-1949),including personal papers, multiple copies of The Denishawn Magazine (vol. 1, no. 1),a typed action plot for Hopi Indian Ballet by Ted Shawn, a typed "Current Biography" essay by Ruth St. Denis, pamphlets for the Denishawn School of Dance (1920-1931) and Ted Shawn Studio in Los Angeles, souvenir programs from Ruth St. Denis with Ted Shawn and their Denishawn Dancers (1920s),Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers (including an autographed copy from 1938),and How Beautiful upon the Mountain, A History of Jacob's Pillow by Ted Shawn (c. 1947),miscellaneous clippings and other programs.


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Keywords

Ruth Page, Ted Shawn, American Ballet, Paul Taylor, Alvin Ailey, Souvenir Program Irene, The Chicago Opera Ballet, Harkness, Dance Theater of Harlem, Chicago Opera Ballet, Alexandre Benois, Eric Hawkins, St. Denis, New York City Ballet, Caravan, Vernon Castle First American Tour 1914, Ballet Society, Boston Ballet, Miscellaneous American Ballet, Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre, Joffrey, Leon Danelian, Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, Victor Talking Machine Company, Philadelphia, Ballet Philadelphia, Raymond Duncan, Trudi Schoop, Beijing, Unknown Dance Company, Joos Ballet, The Denishawn Magazine, Ted Shawn Studio, Current Biography, Hopi Indian Ballet, Denishawn School of Dance, Los Angeles