[Utah Ballet Archives] 1926-

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[Utah Ballet Archives] 1926-

Holographs, typescripts, and scrapbooks. The collection includes the personal records of William F. Christensen's professional life in vaudeville, 1926-1934; his ballet schools in Portland, Oregon, 1932-1937; in San Francisco, 1937-1949; and in Salt Lake City, from 1949. Also included is correspondence, programs, scrapbooks, newsclips, photographs and films. Utah Civic Ballet and Ballet West are represented in the collection by business records, annual reports, programs, films, histories, contracts, tours, correspondence, scrapbooks and photographs.

16 ft. ; 90 cm. or smaller.

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Christensen, William B.

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Ballet West (U.S.)

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Ballet West was co-founded by Glenn Walker Wallace (1898-1988), a prominent musician and dancer, and Willem Christensen, a talented dancer, in 1962. Glenn Walker Wallace received many awards and honors, among which was an honorary degree from the University of Utah. Wallace believed that a city is only as big as it's cultural soul. No matter how big it grows physically, or economically; a city has a soul. If you live in a community, enrich it's life, contribute to it. Much of the programs of Bal...

Christensen Ballet Academy (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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