Mounted and Oversize Photographs
Scope and Content
Boxes contain photographs from a range of ballets and exhibitions; many of these are signed, or have signatures accompanying them on their mounting. Many of the photos have no identifying information or do not identify dancers or performances; those in this series have been filed with it because they feature dancers from the company. Box 19 contains photographs dating in the 1950s; Assorted Smaller Pieces; and photographs from Anna Karenina, La Bayadere, The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet '67 (Films), Carmen Suite, Cinderella, Don Quixote, The Fountain of Bakhchisirai, and Giselle. Box 20 contains a photograph of Alexander Godunov from La Rose Malade, as well as photographs from Giselle, The Golden Age, International Ballet Competitions, Laurencia, Legend of Love, The Little Humpbacked Horse, La Rose Malade, The Nutcracker, Paganini, and The Red Poppy. Box 21 contains a photograph of Maya Plisetskaya in Swan Lake, as well as photos from Raymonda and Romeo and Juliet. Box 22 contains a photograph from Sleeping Beauty, as well as photographs from Spartacus and the Stone Flower. Among the Spartacus photographs are some of rehearsals for this ballet. Box 23 contains photographs from Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, and Walpurgisnacht. Box 24 contains mounted collages and photographs from various ballets. Box 25 contains mostly unidentified photographs. It also contains one photograph of Maya Plisetskaya in a curtain call for Dying Swan, and an exhibit panel featuring Natalia Bessmertnova. Box 26 contains small mounted photographs from ballets including Paganini, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker, Spartacus, Giselle, and Swan Lake. Box 27 includes identified and unidentified photos. Ballets named include Swan Lake, Giselle, Ivan the Terrible, and Sleeping Beauty, and the Legend of Love.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1950s-2000s
Creator
- From the Collection: Grell, Dwight (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access. Consult finding aid for additional information.
Extent
From the Collection: 205 Linear Feet (209 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Russian
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu