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Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil

 Organization

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Allied Arts records

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Allied Arts
Abstract Clippings, artist correspondence, box office records, concert programs, and photographs of the Allied Arts Corporation. Allied Arts Corporation management was taken over by Harry and Sarah Zelzer in 1948 and became the premier agency for bringing performing artists to Chicago. Important artists and groups include the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, pianists Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould, and singers Tito Schipa and Judy Garland. Collection also includes original photographs taken in venues...
Dates: 1913-1997

Eugene Olshansky photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Olshansky
Abstract

Photographs of productions staged by the Original Ballets Russes (aka the Ballet Russes du Col. W. de Basil) and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo between 1935 and 1941, taken by Chicago businessman and balletomane Eugene Olshansky. Also, two operatic portraits, a few personal photographs, and several pieces of ephemera.

Dates: 1935-1986; Majority of material found within 1935-1941

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Arts -- Management -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Ballet companies 1
Ballet companies -- Photographs 1
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