Ruth Page Nutcracker papers, 1965-1997.

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Ruth Page Nutcracker papers, 1965-1997.

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The collection consists of a variety of material related to the of The Nutcracker ballet as choreographed by Ruth Page. It includes dancer contact sheets, cast directories and sign-in sheets, rehearsal schedules, tentative casting, and specific performance casts. There are also performance schedules, publicity and press releases, advertisements, ticket order forms, programs, souvenir books, and reviews. There are drawings for costumes and sets (notably sketches by Jose Varona), and also some miscellaneous correspondence. A large number of photographs of principal and corps dancers, both professional and candid, are included. Prominent principal dancers include Larry Long, Dolores Lipinski, and Richard Ellis.

2.5 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

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Varona, José

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Ellis, Richard

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The Ellis and Farar families were early settlers and major land owners in Mississippi and Louisiana. Richard Ellis owned White Cliffs, Homochitto, and Laurel Hill plantations in Adams County near Natchez, Miss. Upon Ellis' death, these plantations and the property associated with them were inherited by his children John, Abram, Jane, Mary, and Martha. Dr. Benjamin Farar was an early settler of Pointe Coupee Parish, La. and also owned lands in Adams County, Miss. He had three children: Benjamin, ...

Page, Ruth

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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 Ba...

Lipinski, Dolores.

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Long, Larry, 1937-2010.

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Dancer, choreographer, and ballet director, Ruth Page (1899-1991) was 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, Ruth 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, choreographed ...