Research Catalog
Michel Fokine papers.
- Title
- Michel Fokine papers.
- Author
- Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 14 folders (ca. 52 items)
- Note
- Holographs and typescripts.
- Papers of the choreographer, dancer and teacher. Includes letters from Arnold L. Haskell, Cyril W. Beaumont, Sara Yancey Belknap, Alexander Levitoff and others, also essays and articles by Fokin and others, bookplates, calling cards, hotel bills, an invitation from Ruth St. Denis, and miscellaneous items.
- Fokin's essays and articles mention Mary Wigman and Isadora Duncan, the evolving modern dance, and his commentary upon it as well as statements on his ideals in his creations and in the new ballet. Other essays mention Dyagilev and Les Ballets Russes. An anonymous essay mentions Les Ballets Russes at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, and the influence of Dyagilev and Fokin on the ballet.
- Language (note)
- In English, French and Russian.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 11
- OCLC
- NYPY737030231-A
- Author
- Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942.
- Title
- Michel Fokine papers.
- Language
- In English, French and Russian.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Manuscripts -- Collections.
- Added Author
- Beaumont, Cyril W. (Cyril William), 1891-1976.Belknap, S. Yancey (Sara Yancey)Haskell, Arnold L. (Arnold Lionel), 1903-Levitoff, Alexander.
- Research Call Number
- (S) *MGZMC-Res. 11