Very nice booklet for an event which took place at the Sheraton Cleveland Hotel, Saturday, February 21, 1976. The booklet measures 5-1/2" tall and 8" wide with 68 clean tightly bound pages. The program lists a social hour, followed by dinner, a performance by "Jump", a Modern Dance Club from Chicago, and then dancing for everyone to Paul Burton's Orchestra. There are also photos and bios of the debutantes of which there were eight, plus photos of members of the Chicago Modern Dance Club. The rest of the booklet covers facts about various Czech and Slovak organizations and a gallery of Czech an... View More...
This was an annual calendar designed and published by Dance Magazine for distribution to entities such as the School of Cleveland Ballet which could have their name printed on the final page for their own advertising. I have seen these before, but always missing at least one page. This one has all 12 and all are pristine. Each month shows a photo of a famous dancer along with a quote from each. The 1978 calendar aimed the spotlight on Alexandra Danilova, Natalia Makorova, Peter Martins, Edward Vilella, Vaslav Nijinsky, Louis Peres, Cynthia Gregory, Margot Fonteyn, Erik Bruhn, Martha Graham, Mi... View More...
Surprisingly scarce program published in honor of the 25th Independence Day Dance hosted by the North American Association of Venezuela. Clearly, this was a big event, as the ads in the program are largely national -- Chrysler has the back cover and Helena Rubenstein cosmetics has the flip side. Others inside include Ponds, Sears, Chevrolet, Elizabeth Arden and many more. The program is large at 9"x12" and has much information about the event itself, the liberation of Venezuela, and the ties that bind Venezuela to the United States. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The program is... View More...
ITEM 4969 A LOT OF SIX BALLET COMPANY SOUVENIR PROGRAMS MOST 9 X12 50 PAGES,CARD STOCK COVERS. COMPANIES INCLUDE THE STUTTGART BALLET 1973 ,THE ROYAL BALLET 1980 , THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA1983-84 THE BOLSHOI BALLET 1970'S AND TWO FROM THE AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE 1976 AND 1961 EACH BOOK IS FULL OF FEATURES ON THE CAST AND STAFF , PRODUCTIONS FROM THE PAST AND THE CURRENT YEARS PRODUCTION . MANY COLOR PHOTOS AND BIOS. OF THE DANCERS EACH BOOK HAS SOME UNDERLINING IN PEN SHOWING WHO DANCED THE NIGHT THE OWNER SAW THE BALLET ALL SIX BOOKS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION View More...
What a handsome souvenir of King George the Sixth on his Coronation. The event was not only for the above, but the event was backed by donations for a National Theatre. There is also an article of Westminster Abbey; another for The Shrine of England's Soul. Also covered wereBuckingham Palace, and Heralds and Pursuivants. There are alsothe list of events at the big event at Royal Albert Hall. Very nice. View More...
ITEM # 8094 BALLET 30 GREETING CARDS EACH WITH A SCENE OF A FAMOUS PERFORMANCE HOUSED IN A BOX WITH A LIFT LID AND A SLIP CASE QUALITY CARDS ON GLOSS, COATED CARD STOCK MEASURE 5 1/2 X 6 1/2 COME WITH A WHITE ENVENLOPE SET IS COMPLETE AND NEW [ PERF. ARTS ] View More...
I don't buy too many patterns, but every once in awhile ... This one is for a square dance dress with a fancy bodice that flows down to the eight gore skirt. The instructions and pattern pieces are crisp and unused. They also retain their factory folds. The sizes and measurements are: Size Six 30'1/2, 23, 32-1/2"; Sixe Eight 31-1/2". 24, 33-1/2"; and Size 10 32-1/2",25,34-1/2". Original plastic bag was torn, so I have replaced it with a new heavy gauge one. Only visible fault is a notation about a dance coming up written by former owner at top of cover -- visible in photo one. ORDERS OUTSIDE ... View More...
Beautiful from its shiny metallic toe shoe on the cover to its 32 full-color pages of dancer photographs and bios. This is not a program, it's a souvenir of the 1984-85 season of the Cleveland Ballet. How impossible it is to believe that all these young dancers are 30 years older now! The souvenir is truly that -- a keepsake of a long gone season of magic Booklet is crisp and clean and beautifully cared for. View More...
This is a nice souvenir for the program Hiawatha (Coleridge-Taylor) and a dramatic verson arranged and produced by T.C. Fairbairn.The play was stunning with an 800 chorus and 200 ballet dancers. There's also a synopsis of three acts -- Hiawatha's Wedding Feast; The Death of Minnehaha;and Hiawatha's Departure. There's also many ads, especially the womens' clothing and hats. Also nice are many full pages withphotos of black and white portraits of the Royals -- The Queen,The Earl of Shaftesbury, and The Duke of Connaught. There are also pictureshe of actorsThe program measures 8" x 11-1/2"and ha... View More...
Do you hear strains of Barry Manilow warbling "At the Copa, Copacabana ..."? Yes, this Copa is THAT Copa. I must say though that I'm surprised at the rather folksy look of this advertising mailer. The Copacabana, after all, was noted for its sparkly, pink haired Copa Girls. They're here all right, but this time in a "gay review" titled How To Parry A Millionaire starring Betty & Jean Kean with Norman Brooks, The Dunhills, Jonathan Lucas and Herb Fields. This, too surprises me because everybody who was anybody sang there -- Harry Bellefonte, Peggy Lee, Danny Thomas, Dean Martin etc. etc.. Also ... View More...
This is a hard item to find. I've never had one before, but I bought it years ago and it has been in a box for at least ten years. It's very nice, clean, and tightly bound with a purple dust jacket over a white card cover. The size is unique also, measuring 5" across and 11-1/2" tall and has 125 pages with many beautiful black and white photographs taken by several photographers. There is also a a lengthy text which explains the goals for the center, the history of the Lincoln Center concept, the constituent members for the center, the Lincoln fund for education and creative artistic advanc... View More...
The beautiful cover caught my eye, as did the plentiful photos of the dancers. This is not a program for a production. It's more of book celebrating 40 years of Balanchine's accomplishments and sponsored by the City Center of Music and Drama. The essay at the front is about the previous forty years of Balanchine's life as both a dancer and a director, but there is also no date. At first I thought it was 1988 because Balanchine took on the New York City Ballet in 1948. But I then noticed that he was still listed as a director. He died in 1983. Booklet measures 9" x 12" and has 41 counted pages... View More...
I saw the word Playbill on the spine of the binder and had to have it, especially when I saw that the shows were older, from 1968 to the 80's. There are 14 programs in all, most of which are Playbills from the various New York City Broadway theaters, but there's also a couple from community theaters close by but outside the city, including Jones Beach. Some programs have ticket stubs stapled to them which is always a bonus. New York shows include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Plaza Suite; 1776; Company; Sleuth; No, No Nanette; Annie; Peter Pan and more. Very nice find for a theater buff. ... View More...
This is a pretty picture and I have another one here showing her and Nureyev together in a new one-act ballet in 1963. Fonteyn was 43 and Nureyev was in his 20's. This picture also shows her role of Marguerite, only by herself. The dance was titled Marguerite and Armand. The card will arrive in a brand new mylar. View More...
This is a very nicely kept program. Had it not been folded in half vertically, as theater-goers tend to do, it would be perfect. I ironed it and put it in the book press and it's now completely flat. The program shows the seating diagram, and of course the cast of the narrative ballet, Romeo and Juliet, which was staged in one act. I checked out the list of performers and found Maria Tallchief in a lesser role. But a little research showed that at the time Tallchief, the first Native American ballerina, was dancing for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. This was very early in her career, but in ... View More...
Nice, clean oversized program which measures 9"x12" and is illustrated throughout with both black and white and color photographs. Pages are not numbered, but I counted 22, all filled with information about the Scots Guards, the Black Watch and the Regimental Band, as well as about the Highland dancing and the bagpipe. The program itself takes up a two page spread at center. Only faults are two light scratches to cover and a small bit of rubbing to bottom front corner next to spine. Pages show no writing or creasing. View More...
As you can see from the photo there are two programs here. The large one is the souvenir program sold at the performance which in this case was held September 28, 1972 at Public Auditorium via the Cleveland Opera Association (Ohio). The large program is gorgeous and features two ballets -- Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. There are pictures galore in both back and white and color. It measures 9"x12" and has 44 pages all on quality coated paper. The small local program measures 6-3./4" x 9-1/2" with 15 pages. View More...
Very nice, clean, tightly bound program with no names or writing and no creasing. Only fault is a little darkening to the spine are at front cover. Oversized at 9"x12". Many black and white photographs in addition to the program and short articles about the various entertainment groups. Lots of ads for Scotch Whiskey including some full page color ones for Johnnie Walker, Grant's, and Teacher's. I counted 31 pages. View More...
Large program bound with quality golden cording. It measures 9" x 12" and is clean and bright inside. The cover is a bit toned around the edges and there are indications of nibbling to upper corners. I repaired them with archival tape which smooths it out and keeps the tiny chads from the abrasions to keep from tearing. Archival tape is non-browning and almost invisible. Inside there are full page photos of the Queen Mother, The Princess Margaret and others. But the focus is on the ballet and its dancers -- Alicia Markova, Yvette Chauvire, Youly Algaroff, Henning Kronstam, Kirsten Simone, Lu... View More...
Nice collection of five older issues all in clean, tightly bound condition -- May, September, October, November and December. Magazines measure 6"x8-1/2" and have 71 pages each. Each is filled with ideas for both callers and dancers, plus choreography info and complete instructions for "tricky figures." Also includes photos and ads for square dance merchandise, including costumes. View More...
