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This is a rare oversized souvenir program from the Thirteenth Season of the BALLET THEATRE presented under the direction of LUCIA CHASE and OLIVER SMITH by the Ballet Theatre Foundation ..... With an ambitious tour schedule which included 190 cities in thirteen countries, the company included (several represented with beautiful GEORGE PLATT LYNES photographs) IGOR YOUSKEVITCH, ALICIA ALONZO, JOHN KRIZA, MARY ELLEN MOYLAN, JEAN BABILEE, NATHALIE PHILIPPART, NORMA VANCE, RUTH ANN KOESUN, ERIC BRAUN, LILLIAN LANESE, ERIK BRUHN, PAULA LLOYD, MICHAEL LLAND, JENNY WORKMAN, CHARLYNE BAKER, KELLY BROWN, VIRGINIA BARNES, FERNAND NAULT, LIANE PLANE, ANGELA VELEZ, DOROTHY SCOTT, ENRIQUE MARTINEZ, VERNON LUSBY, JACK BEABER, SCOTT DOUGLAS, BARBARA LLOYD, RALPH McWILLIAMS, ISABEL MIRROW, LILA POPPER, IRMA GRANT, CATHERINE HORN, ROCHELLE BALZAR, LIDA KOEHRING, CHRISTINE MAYER, DULCE WOHNER, LUCINDA MACY, BEVERLY BARSANTI, WILLIAM WESLOW, ROBERT HANLIN, WILLIAM INGLIS and WILLIAM BURDICK ..... Also includes individual photos of Musical Director ALEXANDER SMALLENS, Conductor JOSEPH LEVINE, Regisseur DIMITRI ROMANOFF and Ballet Master EDWARD CATON ..... The 1951-52 season included works by Composers AARON COPLAND, LEONARD BERNSTEIN, MORTON GOULD, VON WEBER, TCHAIKOVSKY, , MEYERBEER, CHOPIN, PROKOFIEFF, OFFENBACH and BELA BARTOK ..... Among the season's Choreographers were MICHEL FOKINE, AGNES DeMILLE, JEAN COCTEAU, GEORGE BALANCHINE, JEROME ROBBINS, FREDERICK ASHTON, MICHAEL KIDD, LEONIDE MASSINE, DAVID LICHINE, JOHN TARAS, WILLIAM DOLLAR, HERBERT ROSS, EUGENE LORING and DIMITRI ROMANOFF ..... DETAILS: The 24 page program measures 9" X 12" inches and includes full production credits, photos of several members of the company, list of the ballets presented during the season, a map showing all the cities visited by the company and the wonderful award-winning cover design by PAUL CADMUS entitled "Reflections". Cadmus received the Ford Mayer Witkowsky Prize at the Art Institute of Chicago for the painting ..... PLEASE NOTE: The scanned pages have been cropped due to the limitations of my scanner. The margins are slightly wider than shown ..... CONDITION: This rare program is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any ballet aficionado or dance historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
