Belknap Collection, Dance 1930- : American Ballet Theatre.

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Belknap Collection, Dance 1930- : American Ballet Theatre.

This collection contains programs and clippings about the American Ballet Theatre Company, which is based at the Metropolitan Opera. Touring production programs are presented as well as home programs.

4 boxes ( 6 lin. ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7798275

University of Florida

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George A. Smathers Libraries. Dept. of Special and Area Studies Collections.

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Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts

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American ballet theatre

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The American Ballet Theatre is an American ballet company founded by Oliver Smith and Lucia Chase in 1940. From the guide to the American Ballet Theatre Programs, 1940-1979, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Ballet Theatre, an outgrowth of the Mordkin Ballet which started in 1937 as an outlet for the students from Mikhail Mordkin's school, was inaugarated with Richard Pleasant as director in the fall of 1939. Its stated goal was to ...