rg Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 this scan shows a publicity still connected to what ballet work and in what circumstances, etc.? admittedly more off, than on, the beaten path, but with an actual ballet connection.
bart Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 I'm surprised there have been no guesses from our experts on this one. My own thoughts about it included: (a) an olympic sprint for ciagrette girls, and possibly (b) a publicity photo for some sort of ballerina competition. Did the Rockettes ever wear pointe shoes? The ladies on the outside appear to be the "dark horses" of the group.
carbro Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Native Dancers? The only thing is, these costumes don't seem to be from the same ballet as the one Wilde wears here.
rg Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 to be sure this one is an oddity. it's not NATIVE DANCERS but there is a balanchine connection.
Mel Johnson Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Could the Balanchine connection be Saratoga Springs itself, before there was a SPAC?
rg Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 not saratoga, and as i've noted this is an oddity, w/ a ballet connection to balanchine. caption provided for this hand-out p.r. foto to follow soon.
bart Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 Publicity shot for one of the films for which Balanchine did choreography?
rg Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 publicity copy, as attached to the back of the photo at the start of this thread: [see scan]
bart Posted August 23, 2008 Posted August 23, 2008 What a great athletic event!. But 3.9 seconds to run -- on pointe, on gress -- 25 yards??? Congratultions to Virginia Hart. I can certainly understand why "The girls believe the record will stand for a long time."
cubanmiamiboy Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 honestily,,,du you really liked that. Instead let;s do Giselle
rg Posted August 24, 2008 Author Posted August 24, 2008 if i had a puzzler of a Giselle-related photo i'd post it. as i've noted, this item is a oddity, but, whatever it is (or isn't) in terms of notable ballet theater, it remains somewhat remarkable to think that in 1938, Hollywood would send out a ballet-related item like this as a potential entertainment story to 'your city' - i don't imagine that such a 'promotion' would be sent out nowadays concerning ballet, and one of its choreographers, from Hollywood.
Mme. Hermine Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 it's not a question of like or dislike to me, anyway; it's amusing, it's puzzling, and it is a lot of fun, so i'm very grateful that rg does it!
Mel Johnson Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 if i had a puzzler of a Giselle-related photo i'd post it.as i've noted, this item is a oddity, but, whatever it is (or isn't) in terms of notable ballet theater, it remains somewhat remarkable to think that in 1938, Hollywood would send out a ballet-related item like this as a potential entertainment story to 'your city' - i don't imagine that such a 'promotion' would be sent out nowadays concerning ballet, and one of its choreographers, from Hollywood. I think that it's part of Warner Brothers' mantra of the 1930s, "Motion Pictures are your best entertainment!" What was seen as good was accessibility. Somebody YOU know could be "in the movies". Movies were almost universally available to the public, if even in improvised venues. Movies represent "community interests", although a foot race was more a local Los Angeles enthusiasm which was waning by 1939, but still there, it having been started by the 1932 Olympics.
Sacto1654 Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 What a great athletic event!. But 3.9 seconds to run -- on pointe, on gress -- 25 yards??? Congratultions to Virginia Hart. I can certainly understand why "The girls believe the record will stand for a long time." You REALLY have to wonder if a contemporary ballerina could break 3.9 seconds travelling 25 yards en pointe. Especially if the ballerina could wear a custom-fitted pair of Gaynor Minden pointe shoes, which are structurally built like a real athletic shoe.
rg Posted August 24, 2008 Author Posted August 24, 2008 off the ballet topic but onto Mel's about the 1930s and the athletics in the air, this trading? card from the 1936 Olympics shows four real sprinters, none on pointe. Frank Wykoff (USA), Paul Hanni (Switzerland), Ralph Metcalfe (USA), and Jesse Owens (USA).
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