Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Donaldson, Virginia.
2. American Ballet Company.

Description

1. 4 linear feet (6 boxes)

Summary

1. The New York City Ballet records are administrative records comprised primarily of rehearsal call sheets (1968-1971) and stage manager's reports (1958-1969).

Subject

1. Correspondence
2. Dance companies > Marketing
3. Ballet companies > United States > History > Sources
4. Donaldson, Virginia > Correspondence
5. Programs
6. New York City Ballet History > Sources
7. Clippings

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Programs.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 168

Biography (note)

1. The New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the leading dance companies in the world, was the brainchild of Lincoln Kirstein. Kirstein recruited the choreographer George Balanchine to develop a ballet company in the United States.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. New York City Ballet.

Title

1. New York City Ballet records, 1934-1976.

Biography

1. The New York City Ballet (NYCB), one of the leading dance companies in the world, was the brainchild of Lincoln Kirstein. Kirstein recruited the choreographer George Balanchine to develop a ballet company in the United States. With Kirstein's assistance, Balanchine came to New York in 1933 and quickly established the School of American Ballet (SAB), which trained a new generation of dancers to suit his ideals and specifications. After a few false starts, the New York City Ballet was founded as a company in 1948. Balanchine invited the American dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins to join the company as a performer and to help him in creating an original repertory of contemporary works, steeped in the tradition of the classical ballet. NYCB was resident ballet company at New York's City Center for Music and Drama until 1964 when it moved to the specially constructed New York State Theater. Former principal dancer, Peter Martins, involved in the running of NYCB since the death of Balanchine in 1983, became the sole Ballet Master in Chief in 1990.

Indexes

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Donaldson, Virginia.
2. American Ballet Company.

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 168