{"product_id":"12207-dance-ballet-russe-de-monte-carlo-balanchine-george-danilova-alexandra-tallchief-maria-franklin-frederic-krassovska-nathalie-danielian-leon-1944-autograph-lette","title":"[Dance] [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo] Balanchine, George. (1904–1983) \u0026 Danilova, Alexandra. (1903–1997) \u0026 Tallchief, Maria (1925–2013) \u0026 Franklin, Frederic. (1914–2013) \u0026 Krassovska, Nathalie (1918–2005) \u0026 Danielian, Leon (1920–1997) 1944 Autograph Lette","description":"Original letter addressed \"Dear 'Song of Norway' friends\" and dated February 1945, reading in full \"Before we embark on our annual tour, we are sending you this little note to say good-bye and tell you again how much we enjoyed working with you.  Long live 'Song of Norway'!!!! Good luck and ....February, 1945.\"  Signed by George Balanchine and the principal dancers of the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo, including Alexandra Danilova (\"Choura\"), Maria Tallchief, Leon Danielian, Frederic Franklin, Nathalie Krassovska, Michel Katcharoff, Vida Brown and many others. Approx. 8.5 x 11 inches [21.5 x 28 cm], together with an original 10 x 8 inch photograph from the performance. The signed page quite toned and with mounting remnants on the verso, else fine. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSong of Norway is an operetta written in 1944 by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with choreography by George Balanchine, a \"pastiche of rearranged Grieg music and bogus biography brought from the Pacific Coast by Edwin Lester.  Because the plot, fortunately, was too spare to fill the whole evening, Balanchine tacked on at the end a long, elaborate, and cleanly composed ballet, also entitled 'Song of Norway,' in which, for three weeks at the start, Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo participated.\"  (Cecil Michener Smith \u0026amp; Glenn Litton, \"Musical Comedy in America,\" p. 189)  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter successful runs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the show opened at the Imperial Theatre in New York on August 21, 1944, and ran for 860 performances. Maria Tallchief, one of the featured dancers, married Balanchine during the run of the show.","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093478690975,"sku":"12207","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ballets_Russe_ALS_12207a386.jpg?v=1722188290","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/12207-dance-ballet-russe-de-monte-carlo-balanchine-george-danilova-alexandra-tallchief-maria-franklin-frederic-krassovska-nathalie-danielian-leon-1944-autograph-lette","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}