[Dance] [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo] . Signed Souvenir Program. A remarkable souvenir program from the Ballet Russe company formed in the wake of the dissolution of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes following his death in 1929. Orchestrated by the entrepreneur Colonel Wassily de Basil and billed as "Ballets Russes du Colonel W. de Basill ( De Monte Carlo)," the company's dancers were drawn largely from the Ballets de Leon Woizikowsky, augmented by artists from de Basil's own company, from Rene Blum's Ballets de Monte Carlo, and from Diaghilev's troupe.


The present program, from the 1934 tour, is a deluxe illustrated souvenir program with the specific Covent Garden performance program bound in the center with cord. It has been signed by nearly every dancer and associate of the company, some signing multiple times, beside their photographs or on some of the color illustrations (Miro, Derain, Berard) which are also included. Signed as follows on photographs: Col. W. de Basil, Efrem Kurtz, Antal Dorati, Serge Grigorieff, Leonide Massine (3), Alexandra Danilova (2), Irina Baronova, Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova (2), Leon Woizikovsky, David Lichine (2), Nina Verchinina, Yurek Chabelevsky, Roman Jassinsky, Andre Evglevsky, Lubov Rostova, Nina Tarakanova, Tatiana Likovskaja, Natalie Branitzka, Eugenie Delarova, Olga Morosova, Vania Psota, Edouard Borovansky, H. Algeranoff, Marjan Ladre, Paul Petroff, Jean Hoyer, Anna Volkova, Tatiana Semenova, Helene Kirsova, Tamara Sidorenko, Edna Tressar, Tamara Tchinarova, Galina Rasoumova, Lara Obidenna, Olga Kobseva, Tatiana Chamie, Serge Lipatoff, Joseph Dolotine, Michel Katcharoff, Serge Ismailoff, and Vera Nelidova.


Undoubtedly one of the most complete signature collections ever assembled from the historic company, and including some of the greatest stars of 20th century dance.