Parmenia Migel papers, 1945-1990.

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Parmenia Migel papers, 1945-1990.

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Includes: drafts, typescripts, and proofs of her compositions on ballet history; private and business correspondence with American and European dancers, choreographers, composers, writers and students of dance; scrapbooks of dance illustration material and of press reviews of her books; and a few personal items. Her correspondents include Alexandra Danilova, Felia Doubrovska, Anton Dolin, Allegra Kent, Millicent Hodson, and Carla Fracci.

12 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997

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Ballerina and dance educator Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova (1903-1907) was born in Petergof, Russia. In 1911, she began studying dance at the Russian Imperial Ballet School in Leningrad. There she met George Balanchine, with whom she would maintain a life-long friendship. In 1920, Danilova danced with the Maryinsky Ballet. She joined Balanchine's Soviet State Dancers for a tour of Western Europe in 1924. In December of that year, Sergey Diaghilev brought both her and Balanchine into his acclai...

Migel, Parmenia

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Parmenia Migel Ekstrom (1908-1989) was a ballet historian and author, and founder and president of the Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation. Although she started her career as a writer under her maiden name, Parmenia Migel, in her subsequent career as a dance scholar and collector, she used her married name, Mrs. Parmenia Ekstrom, sometimes abbreviated PME in this finding aid. In the late 1930s she founded and headed the executive committee of the Ballet Guild (New York, N.Y.). From 1946 to 1955, she...

Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1971,

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Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation

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Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation was established in New York in the 1950s by dance scholar and writer Parmenia Migel, known in the dance world as Mrs. Parmenia Ekstrom. The foundation collected material related to careers of Igor Stravinsky and Serge Diaghilev, and Ballets Russes, organized exhibitions on dance, and promoted dance research. From the description of Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, 1920-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612795122 ...

Hodson, Millicent

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Fracci, Carla

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Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983

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Anton Dolin (1904-1983) was an English ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. He started his career with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1921 and became one of the principal dancers for the company. Later, together with another Ballets Russes dancer Alicia Markova, he established Markova-Dolin Ballet. Dolin was instrumental in establishing London Festival Ballet (later English National Ballet). He also ocassionally appeared on stage as an actor. From the guide to the Anton Dol...

Kent, Allegra

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