Royal Danish Ballet photograph album on the premiere of Giselle, 1946.

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Royal Danish Ballet photograph album on the premiere of Giselle, 1946.

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The collection comprises a photograph album created by the Royal Danish Ballet and presented to visiting Russian choreographer, Alexandre Volinine. The album commemorates the company's premiere of Giselle on November 10-11, 1946, which was staged in Copenhagen by Volinine. It is inscribed to Volinine and signed on behalf of the Chief of the Royal Theatre by Hennings Rahde (secretary) and S. Bertholdt (head administrator). The first photograph is a portrait of the company with Volinine, signed by the photographer, [Rigmor] Mydtskov. All other photographs are of the dancers during the performance. Inserted in the album were duplicate photographs and a Kongelige Teatre (Royal Theatre) house program for the 1946-47 season. Also included are two broadsides advertising the 1946 performances of the Royal Danish Ballet, one of them inscribed from the dance master, Harald Lander, to Volinine.

0.9 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversized folder)

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 7019126

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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Mydtskov, Rigmor, 1925-2010

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Kongelige Danske ballet

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The Royal Danish Ballet evolved from Danish theater and traces its roots to the 1748 opening of Denmark's Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. The ballet company experienced its greatest success and growth under the direction of three noteworthy masters, Vicenzo Galeotti (1775-1816), Auguste Bournonville (1830-1877), and Harald Lander (1932-1951). Galeotti increased the number of dancers in the company, introduced Denmark to an international repertory, developed native dancers a...

Lander, Margot, 1910-1961.

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Online Archive of California

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Volinin, Aleksandr Emel'ianovich, 1882-1955

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