Ballets des Champs-Élysées 1946

Paris: Mercure-Publicité, 1946. Softcover. First Edition. Text in French, with an introduction in English and French by Jean Cocteau.

A program advertising the ballets presented by influential French dance company Ballets des Champs-Élysées in 1946, illustrated with multiple black-and-white photographs of dancers, directors, choreographers, and others, as well as three color illustrations by Antoni Clavé, Marie Laurencin, and J.D. Malcles.

Ballets des Champs-Élysées was founded in 1945 as an alternative to the more traditional Paris Opera, boasting a number of renowned choreographers and dancers, including Roland Petit, Zizi Jeanmaire, Claire Philippart, Jean-Pierre Perrault, and Nina Vyroubova. The company performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées for five years, disbanding in 1950, with dancer and choreographer Roland Petit going on to found the Ballets de Paris.

Very Good plus in lightly rubbed wrappers, unbound as issued.

[Book #168744]