A MEMOIR OF THE DANCE WORLD
By S. Hurok
HERMITAGE HOUSE / NEW YORK 1953
COPYRIGHT, 1953, BY S. HUROK
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published simultaneously in Canada by Geo. J. McLeod, Toronto
Library of Congress Catalog Number: 53-11291
MANUFACTURED IN THE U.S.A.
AMERICAN BOOK-STRATFORD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK
To
The United States of America:
Whose freedom I found as a youth;
Which I cherish;
And without which nothing that has
been accomplished in a lifetime
of endeavour could have come to pass
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations
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1.
S. Hurok
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2. Mrs. Hurok
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3.
Marie Rambert
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4.
Olga Preobrajenska in her Paris school
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5.
Lydia Lopokova
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6.
Tamara Karsavina
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Mathilde Kchessinska
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8.
Michel Fokine
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9.
Adolph Bolm
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10.
Anna Pavlova
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11.
Alexandre Volinine in his Paris studio, with Colette Marchand
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12.
Ballet Pioneering in America: “Sasha” Philipoff, Irving Deakin,
Olga Morosova, “Colonel” W. de Basil, Sono Osato
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13.
S. Hurok, “Colonel” W. de Basil and leading members of the de Basil
Ballet Russe, 1933. Back row: David Lichine, Vania Psota, Sasha
Alexandroff, S. Hurok; Center row: Leonide Massine, Tatiana
Riabouchinska, Col. W. de Basil, Nina Verchinina, Yurek
Shabalevsky; Front row: Edward Borovansky, Tamara Toumanova
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14.
Anton Dolin in Fair at Sorotchinsk
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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: Alexandra Danilova as the Glove Seller
and Leonide Massine as the Peruvian in Gaîté Parisienne
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Tamara Toumanova
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17.
Alicia Markova
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Scene from Antony Tudor’s Romeo and Juliet: Hugh Laing, Antony
Tudor, Dmitri Romanoff, Lucia Chase, Alicia Markova
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Ballet Theatre: Jerome Robbins and Janet Reed in Fancy Free
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20.
Ninette de Valois
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21.
David Webster
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22.
Constant Lambert
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S. Hurok, Margot Fonteyn, Robert Helpmann
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24.
Irina Baronova and Children
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25.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Following the premiere of
Sylvia—Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn, S. Hurok
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S. Hurok and Margot Fonteyn
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Frederick Ashton, Ninette de Valois, Leonide
Massine
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey as the Princess
Aurora
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Nadia Nerina in Façade
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30.
Roland Petit
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Margot Fonteyn and Alexander Grant in
Tiresias
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: John Field and Violetta Elvin
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Le Lac des Cygnes—John Field and Beryl Grey
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Last Act of Le Lac des Cygnes
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Giselle—Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn
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36.
Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet: Elaine Fifield as Swanilda in Coppélia
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Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet: David Blair and Svetlana
Beriosova in Coppélia
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38.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: A Wedding Bouquet
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Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Act I. The Sleeping Beauty—The
Princess falls beneath the spell of Carabosse
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40.
Agnes de Mille
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John Lanchbery, Conductor, Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet
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42.
John Hollingsworth, Conductor, Sadler’s Wells Ballet
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43.
Robert Irving, Musical Director, Sadler’s Wells Ballet
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44.
The Sadler’s Wells production of The Sleeping Beauty:
Puss-in-Boots
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45.
Robert Helpmann as the Rake in The Rake’s Progress
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46.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Rowena Jackson as Odile in Le Lac
des Cygnes
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47.
Colette Marchand
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48.
Moira Shearer
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49.
Moira Shearer and Daughter
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50.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Symphonic Variations—Moira Shearer, Margot
Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Pamela May
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52.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: America is closer: loading at Port
of London
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53.
Sadler’s Wells Ballet: Scenery and costumes start the
trek for America
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54.
Antonio Spanish Ballet: Antonio
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55.
Antonio Spanish Ballet: Serenada
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