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The Ballet Theatre Coast to Coast Tour 1942 - 1943 [Tour Program] with Portland Oregon performance insert for 16 January 1943

New York: Program Publications, [1942]. Marcel Vertès (cover). First Edition. Stiff Illustrated Wrap. Folio. Unpaginated. Lavishly illustrated with photo reproductions and advertisements, of which four pages in color. Halftone color illustrated wrap, saddle stapled. Damp stains throughout, cupstains to the cover, edges rubbed and age toned, cover nearly split at the spine, date marked in ballpoint pen on the cover. Laid in loose leaf program for the 16 January 1943 performance at the Portland Public Auditorium: mellowed creases, date marked in ballpoint pen. Good-. Item #6834

Formed in New York in 1939 with Mikhail Mordkin's touring company and artists fleeing war in Europe, and renamed American Ballet Theatre in 1957. This tour presented by impresario Sol Hurok. On the Portland program: Anton Dolin and Peter Tchaikowsky's Princess Aurora, Pas de Quatre by Dolin and Cesare Pugni, Bluebeard by Michel Fokine and Jacques Offenbach, arranged and conducted by Antal Dorati, scenery and costumes by Marcel Vertès. Dancers include Irina Baronova, Anton Dolin, Miriam Golden, Antony Tudor, Borislav Runanine, and company co-founder Lucia Chase.

The tour program includes artist portraits and biographies, advertisements, and color reproductions of Marc Chagall costume and set designs for Aleko

Preserved in a clear archival pouch with acid-free backing.

Price: $25.00