Page, Ruth

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Dates:
Active 1962
Active 1969
Birth 1899-03-22
Death 1991-04-07
Birth 1900
Americans
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Ruth Page, American dancer, choreographer, and director of ballet companies, was born in 1899, the daughter of a physician in Indiana. Her dance studies began with local teachers in Indianapolis. Like many a young girl, she was inspired by seeing Anna Pavlova perform, and actually did perform with the legendary dancer's troupe during a tour to South America in 1918. Her training continued in Chicago with Adolph Bolm who created The Birthday of the Infanta for her, dancing the role with Bolm's Ballet Intime at the London Coliseum in 1920. Her varied performing career included being premiere danseuse with Chicago Allied Arts from 1924-1927, Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue, a brief time with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, touring the Orient and Moscow in the late 1920's, solo tours throughout the United States, touring with Harald Kreutzberg 1932-1933, and premiere danseuse with the Chicago Grand Opera Company from 1934-1937. Chicago was her base, having married the successful lawyer Thomas Hart Fisher, who also managed her dance career affairs. With her partner Bentley Stone, she formed Page-Stone Ballet Company in Chicago in 1938. Page was one of the first to tackle American themes in her dances including the ballad of Frankie and Johnny (choreographed with Stone), Poe's poem The Bells, and the story of a revivalist preacher Billy Sunday. She worked with the Chicago Lyric Opera and toured a Chicago Opera Ballet company, introducing many great dancers to the American public, including Rudolf Nureyev's New York City debut in March, 1962. With the resources of a successful husband, she commissioned scores from Aaron Copland, Darius Milahud and others, designs from Isamu Noguchi, Pavel Tchelitchev, and André Delfau, whom she married in 1983, many years after the death of Thomas Fisher. She wrote two books, Page by Page and Class. The recipient of the Dance Magazine Award (1990), the Illinois Gubernatorial Award (1985) and several honorary degrees, she died in Chicago April 7, 1991.

From the guide to the Ruth Page papers, 1956-1965, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.)

Ruth Page was born on March 22, 1905 (or, according to some sources, as early as 1899). She began studying ballet in Indianapolis at the age of 12, later studying with dancers Andreas Pavley and Serge Oukrainsky. As a member of the Pavlova Company, she toured Central and South America in 1918-1919, then returned to Chicago to study with Adolph Bolm. Bolm cast her in the leading role of John Alden Carpenter's "Birthday of the Infanta" (1919), after which she became principal dancer of his newly founded Ballet Intime (1920) and the Allied Arts Ballet (1924). In 1925, she married attorney Thomas Fisher. Over the next thirty years, she went on to become the principal dancer or ballet mistress in such well-known ballet companies as the Chicago Opera Company, Teatro Colón, the Metropolitan Opera Company, the Ravinia Opera Company, Diaghilev's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Les Ballets Americains, and her own dance companies.

From the description of Ruth Page collection, 1944-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71056542

American dancer, choreographer, and ballet director.

Ruth Page (1899-1991) was considered a pioneer in creating works on American themes. To the classical ballet vocabulary, she added movements from sports, popular dance, and everyday gestures. Born in Indianapolis, Page studied with Adolph Bolm in New York, and after a tour with Anna Pavlova's ballet company she joined Bolm's Ballet Intime. In 1919, she came to Chicago to dance the leading role in Birthday of the Infanta, with a score by American composer John Alden Carpenter. After dancing on Broadway, she returned to Chicago as principal dancer with Bolm's Allied Arts Company. From 1926 to 1931, she was principal dancer and choreographer for the Ravinia Opera Company, and from 1934 until 1945, she danced and directed the ballet ensemble for the Chicago Opera Company. From 1954 to 1969, Page directed the ballet for the Chicago Lyric Opera. During the depression in the 1930s, Ruth Page and Bentley Stone directed the Chicago WPA Dance Project and had significant success with the highly original ballet Frankie and Johnny. During the 1940s, Page staged works in Chicago and for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and in 1956 she founded the Chicago Opera Ballet. Starting in 1965, she staged an annual production of The Nutcracker, and later The Merry Widow. From her first association with the Ravinia Opera in 1926 and for the rest of her life, Ruth Page took on the roles of prima ballerina, choreographer, director, financial backer, and grand lady of Chicago dance. Among her many achievements, her vision and energy promoted the Allied Arts, Chicago Grand Opera Company, Ravinia Opera Festival, Federal Theater/WPA Dance Project, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Chicago Ballet, the Chicago Opera Ballet, Ruth Page's International Ballet, and the enduring Ruth Page Foundation and School of Dance. Ruth Page was married twice, first to Thomas H. Fisher, and after his death to Andre Delfau. She died at age 92 in 1991.

From the description of Ruth Page works and memorabilia, 1923-1983. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 649002543

I Ruth Page: A Chronology, 1900-71 1900 Mar 22Born, Indianapolis, Indiana 1915 JulyStudied with Jan Zalewski, Anna Pavlova Company, Midway Gardens, Chicago 1916 June 2Graduated, Tudor Hall School for Girls, Indianapolis 1916 Oct 7First public appearance as dancer, James Whitcomb Riley Festival, Murat Theatre, Indianapolis 1917Began studies at Miss Williams' and Miss McClellan's French School for Girls, NYCBegan dance studies with Adolph BolmAppeared in Bolm's “poem-choreographic” “Falling leaves” in VictorHerbert revue Miss 1917, Century Theatre, NYC 1918 Jan-1919 FebToured South America with Anna Pavlova Company 1919 FallResumed studies at French School, NYC 1919 DecDanced “Infanta” in John Alden Carpenter's Birthday of the Infanta, Chicago Grand Opera Company 1920 Spring-SummerAppeared as Première Danseuse with Adolph Bolm's Ballet Intime, London ColiseumStudied with Enrico Cecchetti, London 1920-22Toured U.S. with Bolm's Ballet Intime 1921 Dec 6First performed “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair,” “La Gitanette,” and “The Poisoned Flower,” Apollo Theatre, NYC 1922 MarAppeared with Bolm in Danse Macabre (first dance-film with synchronized sound) premiered at Rialto Theatre, NYC 1922 May 8Danced, with Chester Hale, at Annual Actors' Equity Benefit performance, NYC 1922 Oct-1924 MarPremière Danseuse, Irving Berlin's Music Box Revue (Music Box Theatre, NYC, 1922-23, and U.S. tour, 1923-24) 1923 Dec 23Met Thomas Hart Fisher, Chicago, Illinois 1924 Oct 8Guest Artist, Veiled Prophets Ball, St. Louis, Mo. 1924 Nov 27, 30First performances of Chicago Allied Arts, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago (Tamara Karsavina, Guest Artist; Ruth Page, Première Danseuse)Danced Foyer de la Danse (Bolm) 1925 Jan 1, 4Danced in Bolm's The Rivals, and Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor, Chicago Allied Arts, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago 1925 Feb 8Married Thomas Hart Fisher, “Rosewell,” Indianapolis, Indiana 1925 MarJoined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Monte CarloCommissioned “Polka Mélancolique,” dance by George Balanchine 1925 Aug-SeptGuest Artist, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in Coq d'Or, Petrouchka, Lorelei 1925 Aug 18 or 23Danced in Command Performance for Edward, Prince of Wales, Teatro Colon 1925 Nov- Dec- 1926 JanDanced in Bolm's Mandragora, The Elopement, and Bal des Marionettes, Chicago Allied Arts, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman Memorial Theatre, Chicago 1926 Feb 1First performed Peter Pan and the Butterfly, Goodman Theatre, Chicago 1926 June 26- Sept 6Ballet Director and Première Danseuse, Ravinia Opera (choreographed Carmen, Aïda, Faust, La Juive, Samson and Delilah, La Traviata, La Vida Breve) 1926 Oct 24- 31Danced in Bolm's La Farce du Pont Neuf, Visual Mysticism, and Parnassus on Montmartre, Chicago Allied Arts, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago 1926 Nov 14Danced, with Chicago Allied Arts, for Marie, Queen of Rumania, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago 1926 Dec 26- 31 & 1927 Jan 2First performed The Flapper and the Quarterback, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago 1927 Feb-AprGuest soloist, Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera House, NYC 1927 Feb 7Debut in The Bartered Bride, with Metropolitan Opera 1927 AprBegan solo and joint concert tours 1927 June-Sept2nd Season, Ballet Director and Première Danseuse, Ravinia Opera 1928 Apr 27Danced “Terpsichore” in Bolm's Apollon Musagetes, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 1928 June-Aug3rd Season, Ravinia Opera. For Children's Matinee, choreographed Moonlight Sailing, Circus, Coquette-1899, and Gershwin's Prelude in Blue 1928 Sept 5Sailed from Vancouver on Empress of Canada for Coronation Ceremonies of Emperor Hirohito, Tokyo, Japan 1928 Oct 1-25Danced in solos and duets with Edwin Strawbridge, Imperial Theatre, Tokyo, Japan (first performances of The Shadow of Death, Diana, American Indian Eagle Dance, and Ballet Scaffolding) 1928 Nov 16Danced in solo concert, Peking, China 1928 Nov-1929 AprToured Far East, Middle East, and Europe 1929 SummerDeath of Dr Lafayette Page 1929 Jun-Aug4th season, Ravinia Opera. For Children's Matinee, choreographed Sun-Worshippers (later Oak Street Beach),The Flapper Goes Oriental, and Japanese Print 1929 Nov 1First performed Two Balinese Rhapsodies, Gershwiniana ( Prelude No. 1) and St. Louis Blues, Chicago Women's Club, Chicago 1929 Nov 17Performed Sentimental Melody (Copland) in joint recital with Edwin Strawbridge, Guild Theatre, NYC 1929 Nov 29Performed in joint recital with Frank Parker, Civic Theatre, Chicago 1930 Feb 21First performed Indian Hill, Skokie School, Winnetka, Illinois 1930 Mar 1Sailed on Aquitania for six solo performances sponsored by the Sophil Society, Moscow, U.S.S.R. 1930 SpringReturned to U.S. via Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, and Spain 1930 June-Aug5th season, Ravinia Opera. For Children's Matinee, July 17, choreographed Three Russian Tea Cosies (Stravinsky), Figure Eight (8/31), and Bolero (later Iberian Monotone); danced with Blake Scott 1930 Dec 10First performed Garçonette, Modern Diana, Pre-Raphaelite, Incantation, and Gypsy Dances of Spain, Ward-Belmont Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn. 1931 Jan 12First performed Giddy Girl, Lewisburg H.S. Auditorium, Lewisburg, Ky. 1931 Feb 8Danced the “Princess” in L'Histoire du Soldat, with Blake Scott and Jacques Cartier, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, and on Apr 12, Guild Theatre, NYC 1931 June-Aug6th season, Ravinia Opera. For Children's Matinee, Aug 30, choreographed Cinderella 1931 Dec 9First performed Vecchio Minuetto 1931 Dec 31First performed, with company, Pavane and La Valse, Booth Theatre, NYC 1932 Feb 16Danced solo concert, accompanied at the piano by Louis Horst, Sociedad Pro-Arte Musicale, Havana, Cuba 1932 May 1First performed Tropic, May Day Celebration, Amalgamated Centre, Chicago 1932 SummerStudied with Harald Kreutzberg, Salzburg, Austria 1932 July 6First performed Lament, Three Humoresques, Vagabond, Morning in Spring, Possessed, and Cuban Rhapsody ( Cuban Night), Capen Auditorium, State Normal University, Capen, Indiana 1932 Oct 5First performed Gigue and Berceuse, as part of Humoresques 1932 Nov 2First performed Expanding Universe and Largo, Festival Hall, Agricultural College, Fargo, North Dakota 1933 Jan 16First performed Variations on Euclid, Loyola Community Theatre, Chicago 1933 Jan 29Concert of New York premieres of new works, John Golden Theatre, NYC 1933 Feb 25First performed, in joint recital with Harald Kreutzberg, Promenade and Country Dance, Studebaker Theatre, Chicago 1933 Mar-AprToured in joint recitals with Harald Kreutzberg 1933 June 9 (or 16)Choreographed and first performed La Guiablesse, Century of Progress, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago 1933 Dec 9First performed Rustic Saint's Day, Resurgence, Pendulum, Shadow Dance, My Sorrow Is My Song, Mozart Waltzes, International House, Chicago 1934 Jan-AprToured, in joint recitals, with Harald Kreutzberg throughout U.S. (incl. Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, California) 1934 Jan 16First performed in joint recital with Harald Kreutzberg, Arabian Nights, Shrine Temple, Peoria, Ill. 1934 Feb 4First performed, in joint recital, with Kreutzberg, Bacchanale, Orchestra Hall, Chicago 1934 MayToured Japan with Kreutzberg 1934 FallBallet Director, choreographer, Première Danseuse, Chicago Civic Opera 1934 Nov 30-Dec 14Choreographed, for company, Gold Standard and Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, Chicago Civic Opera 1935 Apr 14First performed, in joint recital with Kreutzberg, solo dances Valse Mondaine, Fresh Fields, Night Melody, Body in Sunlight, Studebaker Theatre, Chicago 1935 Aug 18First performed, in joint recital with Bentley Stone, in Fugitive Visions and Du Bist die Ruh 1935 FallBallet Director, choreographer, Première Danseuse, Chicago City Opera ( Mefistofele, Thaïs, Tannhäuser) 1935 Nov 23Choreographed Love Song, Chicago City Opera 1936 Jan-MarToured in joint recitals with Harald Kreutzberg in Toronto and Montreal, and with Bentley Stone and Ruth Page Ballets, in U.S. 1936 Mar 1 & 2First NYC performances of Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, Love Song, Gold Standard, Adelphi Theatre, NYC 1936 Aug 2First performed Americans in Paris, with Paul Draper and company, Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, Ohio 1936 Oct 22First performed with Bentley Stone, Hicks at the Country Fair, Women's Club of Wisconsin 1936 Nov-DecBallet Director, choreographer, Première Danseuse, Chicago Civic Opera 1937 Jan 25First performed Evening in Granada, Liberty Theatre, Fort Sill, Texas 1937 Mar-AprToured Scandinavia in solo dance concerts 1937 Dec 18Co-choreographed, with Bentley Stone, American Pattern, Civic Opera House, Chicago 1938 Jan-MarToured, with Bentley Stone, through the Midwest and South 1938 Jan 31First performed, with Bentley Stone, Gavotte and Buenos Dias, Senorita, Mt Vernon, Iowa 1938 Mar 15First performed Delirious Delusion, Highland Park, Ill. 1938 SpringWith Bentley Stone, named Co-Director, Federal Ballet, Federal Theatre Project, Chicago WPA 1938 Jun 19Co-Choreographed, with Bentley Stone, Frankie and Johnny, Great Northern Theatre, Chicago 1939 Mar 1?Co-Choreographed, with Bentley Stone, Guns and Castanets, and Scrapbook, Federal Ballet, Great Northern Theatre, Chicago 1939 Nov 14Co-Choreographed, with Bentley Stone, Zephyr and Flora, Liebestod, Night of the Poor, Saudades; choreographed Three Shakespearean Heroines, Civic Theatre, Chicago 1940 Apr 1First performed, Catarina; or, The Daughter of the Bandit, Sociedad Pro-Arte Musicale, Havana, Cuba 1940 Apr 15First performed, American Songbag (Carl Sandburg), Irving Park Woman's Club, Palmer House, Chicago 1941 Mar 30Choreographed Spanish Dance in Ballet Form and Chopin in our Time, Goodman Theatre, Chicago 1941 May 10First performed Garçonette, Murat Theatre, Indianapolis 1941 Oct 29First performed, in joint concert with Bentley Stone, Pavane for a Dead Infanta, Les Incroyables, Polka-Mazurka; choreographed Park Avenue Odalisque, Christian College Auditorium, (?) 1941 Nov 19Debut, with Bentley Stone, two-month engagement, Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, NYC 1942 June-JulyFirst performances of dances with words and music 1942 Fall-WinterBallet Director, choreographer, Chicago Opera 1943 Apr 13First performed, full-evening solo program Dances with Words and Music, Humphrey-Weidman Studio, NYC 1943-45Toured U.S. with solo concert Dances with Words and Music 1945 Jan 6First performance of Frankie and Johnny, by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Music Hall, Kansas City, Mo. 1945 Feb 28First New York performance of Frankie and Johnny, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center, NYC 1945 Apr 23Death of Marian Heinly Page 1946 Apr 26Choreographed The Bells, Chicago University Composers' Series, Chicago 1946 Sept 17Choreographed Les Petits Riens, Ballet for America, Her Majesty's Theatre, Montreal, Canada 1946 Aug 30The Bells performed by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Jacob's Pillow Festival, Lee, Mass. 1946 Sept 6First New York Performance of The Bells, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center, NYC 1946 Dec 13Choreographed Billy Sunday, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago 1947 JulyChoreographed L'Histoire du Soldat for League of Composers, NYC, and Society of Contemporary Music, Chicago 1947 Oct 2Choreographed dances for Broadway musical Music in My Heart, Adelphi Theatre, NYC 1947 Nov 10-22Page-Stone Ballet tour (North Carolina, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Chicago) 1948 Mar 2First New York performance of Billy Sunday, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center, NYC 1948 AugArtist-in-Residence, with Bentley Stone, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Mass. 1948 AugChoreographed, Harlequinade 1948 Nov 8-Dec 13Page-Stone Ballet tour (Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana) 1949 Mar 1First performance of Love Song by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center, NYC 1949 Jul 11First performed Beauty and the Beast (pas de deux), Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas 1949 Oct 29-Nov 11Page-Stone Ballet tour (similar itinerary to 1948); Dance of the Hours first performed Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1950 MayCo-Director and Principal Dancer, Les Ballets Américains, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France 1951 Jan 27Choreographed Revenge and Beethoven Sonata, Page-Stone-Camryn Ballet, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago 1951 Mar 30Choreographed Sylvia Pas de Deux, Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago 1951 May 1Choreographed Impromptu au Bois, Ballets des Champs-Elysées, Städtische Bühnen, Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany 1951 JuneToured Greek Islands with T. H. Fisher, Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, John Craxton 1951 Oct 17Choreographed Revenge (revised), Ballets des Champs-Elysées 1952 June 22Choreographed and danced Salome and Herod (pas de deux) with Bentley Stone, Meeker Memorial Amphitheatre, Evansville, Indiana 1953 Apr 30Choreographed Vilia ( The Merry Widow) for London Festival Ballet, Palace Theatre, Manchester, England 1954 Jan 31Choreographed Daughter of Herodias ( Salome full length), St Alphonsus Theatre, Chicago 1954 Dec 12Choreographed El Amor Brujo and Triumph of Chastity, St Alphonsus Theatre, Chicago 1954 WinterAppointed Choreographer and Ballet-Director, Chicago Lyric Opera 1955 Nov 16First Performance The Merry Widow by Chicago Opera Ballet, Lyric Theatre, Chicago 1955 Dec 26First New York performance of The Merry Widow, Broadway Theatre 1956 Apr 25Choreographed Susanna and the Barber, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago 1956 Nov 26-1957 Mar 13First U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1958 Jan 13-Apr 132nd U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1959 Jan 13-Apr 133rd U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1959 Jan 13Choreographed Camille, Columbia, Mo. 1960 Jan 11-Apr 94th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1960 Jan 11Choreographed Carmen (designed by Remisoff), Clark College, Dubuque, Iowa 1961 Jan 9-Mar 265th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1961 Jan 9Choreographed Concertino pour Trois and Die Fledermaus, Rockford, Ill. 1961 SummerChoreographed The Kansas Story 1961 NovChoreographed The Harvest for Chicago Opera 1962 Jan 8-Mar 176th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1962 Jan 8Carmen (designed by Daydé), performed, Kalamazoo, Michigan 1962 Mar 10Chicago Opera Ballet, featuring Rudolf Nureyev in his U.S. stage debut, Brooklyn Academy of Music 1963 Jan 6-Mar 177th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1963 Jan 6Choreographed Mephistofela and Pygmalion, Park Ridge, Ill. 1963 Oct 31Choreographed Combinations, Teachers' College, Chicago 1964 Jan 6-Mar 158th U.S. tour Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1965 Jan 12-Mar 209th U.S. tour Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet 1965 Jan 12Choreographed Bullets and Bonbons, Orpheum Theatre, Springfield, Ill. 1965 Nov 12Choreographed Carmina Burana for Chicago Lyric Opera 1965 Dec 26Choreographed The Nutcracker, Aire Crown Theatre, McCormick Place, Chicago 1966 Jan 10-Mar 1310th U.S. tour of Chicago Opera Ballet, renamed Ruth Page's International Ballet 1966 Oct 31Choreographed La Giarra (The Jar), for Chicago Lyric Opera, Chicago Opera House 1967 Jan 9-Mar 1911th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's International Ballet 1967 Jan 9Choreographed Carmina Burana, (new version) Kalamazoo, Mich. 1968 Jan 8-Mar 3012th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's International Ballet 1968 Jan 8Choreographed Bolero '68 (later Bolero '69), La Crosse, Wisc. 1969 Jan 13-Mar 3013th U.S. tour of Ruth Page's International Ballet 1969 Jan 14Choreographed Romeo and Juliet, Niles, Michigan 1969 NovThomas Hart Fisher dies 1970 JulyChoreographed Alice in the Garden, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Lee, Mass. (later realized as a full-length ballet Alice in Wonderland; Alice through the Looking-glass, premièred 1978 at Arie Crown Theatre, McCormick Place, Chicago) 1971Founded the Ruth Page Foundation for Dance, Chicago 1971 Oct 11-Nov 22Toured with “Ruth Page's Invitation to the Dance.”

From the guide to the Ruth Page collection, 1918-70, (The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.)

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