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BOX 33 Subject Files, 1940s-1990s
Miscellaneous files, arranged alphabetically. Include business contracts and an interview in Russian.
Arrangement is alphabetical by subject.
BOX 33 American Dance Camp: brochure, 1970 [Danilova on faculty]
Carnegie House Co-op, 1968-87
Contracts, 1946-88
Contracts, book (w/ Charles France), 1978-79
Contracts, School of American Ballet, 1966-71
Coppélia copyright, 1981
Dress (Schiaperelli) appraisal
Fur coats, 1985-91
Great Moments of Ballet. A Lecture Demonstration: publicity brochure
Interview [in Russian] by Nina Alovert, 1983
Lissanevitch [Lisanevich], Boris: Nepalese restaurant brochure (the Yak & Yeti)
Markova, Alicia: bio sketch, 1 p.
Medical records, 1981-95
New School for Social Research: honorarium receipt
New York City Ballet: history write-ups (2)
Russian trip itinerary and room list, 1993
School of American Ballet pension statements, 1994-97
Screen Actors Guild, 1988-98
Slavenska, Mia: bio sketch, 1 p.
Taxes, 1992, 1994-96
Teachers Insurance.../College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA/CREF), 1975-95
TIAA/CREF newsletters and annual reports, 1984-95
Twysden, Aileen Elizabeth: estate and funeral, 1977-84
Ufland, Lewis: publicity bio of Danilova; payments to, 1989
Vladimiroff, Felia: affidavit for probate, 1981
Yorkshire Ballet seminars, 1983
BOX 34 Writings by Others, 1940s-1980s
Radio and film scripts (including The Turning Point); ballet, film, and television scenarios; unpublished articles/essays; reprints; a research paper; and drafts for a biography of Danilova by her friend A. E. Twysden. Primarily manuscripts and typescripts on dance topics, several dealing with Danilova.
Arrangement is alphabetical by author and title.
BOX-FOLDER 34/1 Cruickshank, Gordon. Woman’s Hour. “March Profile: Danilova.”
Radio script for an interview-with-enactment; 11 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/2 Ford, George. The Octoroon.
Ballet synopsis; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/3 Irvine, Chippy. [untitled].
Transcript[?] of Danilova speaking on ballet costume; 20 p.
Annotated by Danilova.
BOX-FOLDER 34/4 Jones, Jenkin Lloyd. “Much more than dance.”
Article (typescript) by the editor and publisher of the Tulsa Tribune; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/5 Kolinski, Mieczyslaw. “Consonance and dissonance.”
Reprint from Ethnomusicology, 5/62. Inscribed by the author to G. Balanchine.
BOX-FOLDER 34/6 Laurents, Arthur. The Turning Point.
Film script, annotated; 118 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/7 Miller, Carolyn and Daryl Warner. “To live, to dance.”
Outline of a proposed television drama, 1983; 9 p.
Includes a cover letter from Grassco Productions.
BOX-FOLDER 34/8 Taras, John. “Nora Kaye: A tribute.”
Reprint from Ballet Review, 1987.
BOX-FOLDER 34/9 Terry, Walter. “Metropolitan Opera ballet.”
Unpublished review concerning the Danilova-choreographed La Gioconda, read on TV, 23 Dec. 1958; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/10 Thigpen, Paula. “Nijinsky: Clown of God.”
Research paper, 1980; [45] p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/11 Twysden, Aileen Elizabeth. Alexandra Danilova.
Biography (1945): ms. and typescript drafts of the last 4 sections; [86] p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/12 ---------. “Alta California.”
Ballet scenario; 9 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/13 ---------. “Gaite Parisienne.”
[Essay] comparing the dancing of N. Tarakanova, Mia Slavenska, and Danilova, and of F. Franklin and George Zoritch; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/14-15 ---------. “An introduction to ballet history.”
Serial article, published in Dance (Screen and Stage), 1947-48: typescript drafts, annotated, for parts 3, 4, and 9; [14] p.
Serial article (12 parts and a conclusion), published copy.
BOX-FOLDER 34/16 ---------. [miscellaneous ms. fragments/notes].
[Review] of the dancing of Mia Slavenska; 1 p.
List of principle dancers and choreographers, perhaps used for “An introduction to ballet history”; 1 p.
BOX-FOLDER 34/17 ---------. [untitled].
Film scenario for a ballet set in revolutionary-era Russia, perhaps a take on Beethoven’s Fidelio; 8 p.
BOX 35-38 Printed Material
Printed Material refers primarily to "Books" and "Catalogs" from Danilova’s personal library. The seventy-five books are relating to ballet, art, or religion.
Arrangement is by subseries.
Books
Books (75): the books, forty percent of which are in Russian, deal primarily with dance, art, or religious or spiritual issues (several Bibles, e.g.). Organization is alphabetic by author. Access is limited to those books which the Library does not hold elsewhere in its collections.
Arrangement is alphabetical by author and title.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. The journey of self-discovery.
---------. Krsna: the supreme personality of Godhead.
---------. A second chance: the story of a near-death experience.
---------. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: first canto (“Creation”). *
---------. The teachings of Lord Kapila: the son of Devahūti.
All things wise and wonderful: a big little book of hints. *
Anderson, Jack. The one and only: the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
[Arkhimandrit, Īosif]. Святыни Москвы: Издано къ преддверію 1000-лѣтія Крещенія Руси. *
Avtamonov, Igor. Владимир Мономах и Гита Гарольдовна.
Balanchine, George, and Francis Mason. Balanchine’s Complete stories of the great ballets.
Beliaev, Vladimir. Залив в тумане. *
Berezov, Nikolai. Жизнь и балет.
Библия: Книги Священного писания. [The Bible]
Bourassé, Jean J., and Pierre D. Janvier, trans. Les Saints Évangiles. [New Testament Gospels]
Buckle, Richard. Diaghilev.
Buckle, Richard, and John Taras. George Balanchine, ballet master.
Chakirov, Nikita, ed. Преподобный Серафимъ Саровскій Чудотворецъ: Дивѣевская тайна и предсказанїя о Воскресенїи Россїи. *
Croft, Lusay. Impressions. [booklet of poems] *
Decter, Jacqueline. Nicholas Roerich: the life and art of a Russian master.
Ezerskaia, Bella. Мастера, kn. 1.
Fehl, Fred, photographer, and Doris Hering. Giselle and Albrecht: American Ballet Theatre’s romantic lovers.
Feifer, George. Our Motherland.
Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, Selma Jeanne Cohen and Roger Lonsdale. Famed for dance: essays on the theory and practice of theatrical dancing in England, 1660-1740.
Frangopulo, Marietta, and Leonid Entelis, comps. 75 балетных либретто. *
Galland, Jean-Paul. Genève au fil des siècles.
Galushko, Tatiana. Пушкинский календарь.
Géraldy, Paul. Toi et moi.
Golynets, Sergei. Ivan Bilibin.
Grigoriev, S. L. The Diaghilev ballet, 1909-1929. Trans. and ed. Vera Bowen. *(this ed.) (fragile)
Grigorovich, [Y.] N. Балет. Энциклопедия.
Gross, Ruth Below. If you were a ballet dancer.
Gruen, John. The private world of ballet.
Hategan, Vasile, et. al, comps. Prayers for Orthodox Christians used in private devotions. *
Homans, Jennifer. A celebration of India. 1991 Artistic Supplement of the National Dance Institute.
Howard, Nicholas. Costume at Castle Howard. Photographs by Naruhito.
Knight, Esmond. Seeking the bubble.
Kochno, Boris. Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.
Komitet po Delam Iskusstv pri SNK SSSR. Государственный театр оперы и балета Aрмении имени А. А. Спендиарова.
Ladré, Illaria Obidenna. Illaria Obidenna Ladré: memoirs of a child of Theatre Street. *
Laurents, Arthur. The turning point. *
Liukom, Elena M. Моя работа в балете.
Maclean, Fitzroy. Eastern approaches.
Matveev, Mikhail A. Ленинградский и государственный ордена Ленина академический театр оперы и балета имени С. М. Кирова.
Mikhailov, Mikhail. Жизнь в балете.
Milstein, Nathan, and Solomon Volkov. From Russia to the West: the musical memoirs and reminiscences of Nathan Milstein.
Mulys, Gérard. Vie des Ballets de Monte-Carlo, direction René Blum: vue par detaille photographe. *
Neale, Wendy. On your toes: beginning ballet.
Nekhendzi, A., comp. Мариус Петипа: Материалы, воспоминания, статьи.
Nekrasov, Nikolai A. Лирика. * (this edition)
The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Novikov, N. V., comp. Русские сказки в ранних записях и публикациях (xvi-xviii века).
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