Sergei Ismailoff papers 1929-1947

Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo

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Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972

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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

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Sergei Denham (1896-1970) was a Russian-born banker and director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Leonide Massine (1896-1979) was Russian dancer and choreographer and artistic director of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. From the description of Records concerning Leonide Massine, 1939-1969 (inclusive), 1942-1954 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557063 The Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo was a company that existed between 1938 and 1962 under the directorship of Sergei...

Ismailoff, Sergei

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Serge Ismailoff, born in Russia in 1912, was educated at the University of Louvain, Belgium. As a member of an athletic group, he decided to become a dancer and studied under Olga Preobrajenska, Bronislava Nijinska, and Lubov Egorova. He made his professional debut in Paris and has performed with Monte Carlo Ballet Russe, Ballet International, and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. He has also appeared on Broadway and television. By 1960, he and his wife Anna Istomina ran dance studios in...

Cuevas, Georges, marquis de, 1885-1961.

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Georges de Cuevas (1886-1961) was born in Santiago, Chile. He was working in Paris in the fashion industry in 1927 when he met and married Margaret Strong, a grand-daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (His title was a Spanish one and was possibly purchased after his marriage.) He became a U.S. citizen in 1940, and founded Ballet International in New York in 1944. His company was known for a period as the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, after 1950 as the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas which was b...