Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Little Orchestra Society. asn

Found in

1. Nelle Fisher collection.

Description

1. 5 paintings : gouache, color; irreg. image 55 x 43 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Costume designs for the Firebird, the evil enchanter Kastchei, and three monsters (one called a Goona bird) for the ballet The firebird.

Alternative title

1. Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.

Subject

1. Firebird (Choreographic work : Fisher)
2. Costume design drawings

Genre/Form

1. Costume design drawings.

Call number

1. *MGZGE Fis N Fir 1-5

Note

1. All of the designs are irregular in shape, and with one exception overlap the sheets of paper they are mounted on, which measure 36 x 29 cm. Most include designer's notes and fabric swatches.

Source (note)

1. Nelle Fisher

Biography (note)

1. Michel Fokine's ballet The firebird (music, Igor Stravinsky) was first presented by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1910, and since then has appeared in versions by many other choreographers. Nelle Fisher choreographed and designed costumes for a capsule version presented on a program called "Some Birds in Music" by the Little Orchestra Society at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on Jan. 30, 1965. The cast included Francesca Corkle, then aged 12, in the title role. Fisher herself danced a handmaiden.
2. Nelle Fisher, 1914-1994, was a dancer, choreographer, company director, and teacher. Her varied career included dancing with the Martha Graham Dance Company; performing in Broadway musicals and on television; directing her own companies, notably the Littlest Circus; and teaching at the North Carolina School of the Arts and other institutions.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.

Author

1. Fisher, Nelle.

Title

1. Firebird [graphic].

Imprint

1. [1965?]

Biography

1. Michel Fokine's ballet The firebird (music, Igor Stravinsky) was first presented by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1910, and since then has appeared in versions by many other choreographers. Nelle Fisher choreographed and designed costumes for a capsule version presented on a program called "Some Birds in Music" by the Little Orchestra Society at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, on Jan. 30, 1965. The cast included Francesca Corkle, then aged 12, in the title role. Fisher herself danced a handmaiden.
2. Nelle Fisher, 1914-1994, was a dancer, choreographer, company director, and teacher. Her varied career included dancing with the Martha Graham Dance Company; performing in Broadway musicals and on television; directing her own companies, notably the Littlest Circus; and teaching at the North Carolina School of the Arts and other institutions.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

1. Gift; Nelle Fisher, 1991.

Added author

1. Little Orchestra Society. Associated name
2. Fisher, Nelle. Donor

Added title

1. Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.

Found in:

1. Nelle Fisher collection.

Research call number

1. *MGZGE Fis N Fir 1-5