Willam Farr Christensen was born on August 27, 1902, to Christian Bjorregard and Elizabeth Farr Christensen. In his hometown of Brigham City, Utah, he studied music with his father and dancing with his uncles Moses and L. Peter Christensen. Willam graduated from Box Elder High School and continued his ballet training with Stefano Mascagno, Luigi Albertieri, and Michel Fokine, among other teachers, in New York City and Chicago. He taught ballet in his uncle Peter's dancing schools in Brigham City and Ogden. In 1926 two of the Christensen brothers, Willam and Lew (the other brothers were Harold and Frederick) and two Utah ballet students, Mignon Lee of Ogden and Wiora Stoney of Salt Lake City, organized a ballet act and toured small theatres between the West Coast and Chicago. The act, billed as "The LeCrist Brothers," was conducted by the boys' father. A year later they broke into vaudeville by joining an act called "The Berkoffs," a singing and dancing review. By 1925 the Christensen brothers and their partners were touring the Orpheum Circuit billed as "The Mascagno Four," managed by their teacher Stefano Mascagno. Willam married Mignon Lee on December 3, 1928. "The Christensen Brothers" was the group's title from 1930 to 1932.
In 1932, due to his wife's ill health, Christensen abandoned the vaudeville stage to take over his deceased uncle Moses Christensen's ballet school in Portland, Oregon. While in Portland, 1932 to 1937, he established the Willam F. Christensen Ballet. Among his students were Janet Reed, one of America's first ballerinas, and Mattlyn Gevurtz (Gavers), who joined the Department of Ballet at the University of Utah in 1968 and later became its director.
Willam Christensen was appointed premier danseur of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937 by Ballet Master, Serge Oukrainsky. Christensen moved, along with nine of his Portland students, to San Francisco and established a ballet school which later became an adjunct to the company. Succeeding Oukrainsky, Christensen became director of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1938 and, the following year, staged
In 1949 President A. Ray Olpin invited Willam Christensen to choreograph the University of Utah's Summer Festival productions (musicals and operas performed outdoors in the university's stadium). Two years of Summer Festival choreography were followed in 1951 with the offer of the position of professor of ballet. The new Ballet Division fell under the aegis of the Department of Theatre and Speech, then headed by Professor C. Lowell Lees.
In December of 1955, Christensen and the University Theatre Ballet presented the first production of the
The Utah Ballet Society, a community support group for the Theatre Ballet, headed by Mrs. John M. Wallace applied for and received a Ford Foundation grant of $175,000 in 1963. This funding enabled the founding of a professional ballet company from the University Theatre Ballet. The resulting company, Utah Civic Ballet, performed in the Intermountain area from 1964 through 1968. Ballet West was created at the Utah Civic Ballet's invitation to represent the Federation of Rocky Mountain States. Its artistic director was Willam F. Christensen.
The Christensen brothers, Willam, Lew, and Harold, received the
The Willam F. Christensen Foundation was established in Salt Lake City in 1979, and the Christensen Ballet Academy the following year. A renewed relationship with the University of Utah occurred in the spring of 1981 when it was announced Professor Emeritus Willam F. Christensen would rejoin the faculty of the Ballet Department that he founded in 1951.
The Utah ballet archives (1926-2008) consist of the personal records of Willam F. Christensen, an American ballet dancer and choreographer, and the company records of Ballet West, founded by Christensen. The collection reflects Christensen's professional life, his vaudeville career, and his years in Portland, San Francisco, and Salt Lake City. Included are news clippings, correspondence, programs, and other materials regarding his ballet companies in these cities. Also included is Christensen's collection of souvenir programs from various ballet productions he saw. The Ballet West materials are divided into three chronological sections and include administrative files, financial records, correspondence, tour materials, scrapbooks, and other papers. Major divisions of interest within the collection include the company's relationship with the National Endowment for the Arts, and plans and arrangements for the renovation of Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre through the 1970s, completed in 1978. A large division in Section 2 covers Ballet West's 1971 European tour. Addenda to the collection includes general materials such as correspondence, costume designs, awards, musical scores, dance publications, artwork, and posters.
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
One original item has been removed and placed in Reserve. Access to the original must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used.
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Addendum donated by Roxanne Lazzara in 2011.
Processed by Susan White in 1981.
Addendum processed by Maggie Anderson and Betsey Welland in 2011.
Photographs and audio-visual materials were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0247 and A0247).
See also the Ballet West records (ACCN 1129) and the Ballet West for children records (ACCN 1313) located in the Manuscripts Division of Special Collections.
Newspaper review of a dance recital of pieces choreographed by Willam F. Christensen.
Newspaper reviews of the Christensens' vaudeville acts under their various billings--The Berkoffs, 1928; The Mascagno Four, 1929-1931; and The Christensen Brothers, 1932.
Newspaper clippings of press notices and reviews of the 1929 Orpheum Circuit tour throughout the United States. There is a list of theatres played in the book's back pages.
Newspaper clippings of press notices and reviews of the 1930-1931 RKO Circuit tour.
Vaudeville programs, two receipts, and a note saved during touring.
Book of vaudeville routines for use in military entertainment.
Photocopies from a book of instruction from the Christensen Dancing Academy. Undated or otherwise identified, but assumed to have been used in Brigham City, Utah.
Flyers advertising the school in Portland taught by Willam Christensen and Richard E. Billings, and a brochure advertising the Christensen School of Dancing in Seattle run by Frederick and Harold Christensen.
Willam F. Christensen Ballet, sometimes referred to as the Portland Ballet, was the first ballet company founded by Willam F. Christensen. Programs.
House programs follow the company through its evolutionary name changes from San Francisco Opera Ballet, to San Francisco Civic Ballet, to San Francisco Ballet.
Flyers advertising performances and ballet seasons. Many are undated.
Various magazine articles and duplicated composites of press reviews.
Various items including a manuscript piano piece titled "Kaleenka," and an undated touring contract form.
Routine correspondence includes letters from Sally Bailey and Richard E. Billings.
Letter, with enclosures, from Lew Christensen informing his brother of recent policy changes.
Diverse group of both personal and form letters.
Letter and enclosed program from Dean Fausett, noted artist.
Letter from a Christensen relative, L. Olsen, with an outline of the Lars Christensen family genealogy.
Duplicated material informing Christensen of Ballet West activities.
Notices, reports, and memoranda.
List of participants.
Circulars--includes a Jacob's Pillow circular as well as ones from Serge Oukrainsky, Kurt Joos, and Olga Preobrajenska's Dance and Travel in Europe and Ballet Caravan.
Flyer--undated, lists Christensen as instructor.
Personal and miscellaneous--reminders, addresses, accountings.
About W. F. Christensen, by Clara H. Baldwin--an introduction of Christensen at a meeting of the University of Utah Mothers Club, 6 September 1967.
To Uda Waldrop, composer, from Bohemian Club, San Francisco.
Program and clippings sent following Billings's student recital.
"The Battle of the Yellow Tavern," libretto of a Civil War-based ballet written by Ron Daum and Tom Carlin. It was never produced in Salt Lake City.
"The Wedding at the Eiffel Tower," ballet libretto by Jean Cocteau. This version was translated from the French by Marian Robertson in 1960.
Two programs--Colonel W. deBasil's Original Ballet Russe; and Sergei Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. A program from Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russe 1916-1917 American tour has been removed and placed in Reserve. Access must be given by the Manuscripts Curator and by appointment. An archivist must remain with the item if being used..
Three programs.
Portfolio of photographs by George Platt Lynes for Ballet Theatre's 1951-1952 season.
Three programs--two undated, presumably 1964 and 1968. The third program is from Jerome Robbins's Ballets U. S. A., presented by the Rebekah Harkness Foundation, Inc.
London-based company directed by Mona Inglesby.
Two programs.
Also a house program and clipped reviews.
Three programs.
Four programs.
Two programs of Ruth Page's Chicago Opera Ballet and two programs of Ruth Page's International Ballet.
Two souvenir and house programs.
Undated, but probably 1936 program of Shawn's modern dance company of men.
Four programs--Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1957; Kansas City Civic Ballet, 1960; Birmingham Civic Ballet, 1965-1966; and Texas Western Civic Ballet, 1965-1966.
Three programs--Ballet of Los Angeles, 1965; and Atlanta Ballet, 1963-1964 and 1965-1966.
Five programs--Veloz and Yolanda, 1946; Martha Graham, 1946; Trudi Schoop, 1947; American Dance Theater, 1965; and San Francisco Contemporary Dancers Company, 1960s.
Various branches of the Ballet Russe.
Programs.
Royal Danish Ballet, the Jooss Ballet, the Berlin Dance Theater, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the Theatre National de L'Opera Comique.
Programs from Ballet Caravan, 1938; Agnes deMille Dance Theatre, 1954; Harkness Ballet, 1967; Sacramento Civic Ballet, 1970; Merce Cunningham, 1971; Memphis Civic Ballet, 1966; and Rosario and Antonio, undated.
Programs.
Programs. Notable are deBasil's Ballet Russe at Kingsbury Hall, 1937; Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman at South High School, 1938; Ballet Theatre, 1948; Slavenska's Ballet Variante, 1951; Sadlers Wells Theatre Ballet, 1951; Ruth Page's International Ballet, 1968; and Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1964.
Program and instructions.
Program of an exhibition of the ballet and theatre designs of Eugene Berman at New York City's Forum Gallery.
Primarily from San Francisco and New York City.
Financial records (salaries and production expenses).
Essays written by Christensen's ballet students.
Arrangements and publicity regarding the American Ballet Theatre's appearance in Salt Lake City.
Brochure publicizing the University of Utah Department of Ballet program with the addition of Christensen on the faculty.
Annual reports.
Aspen Summer Program brochure and information sheet on first season.
"Critics Comments on Ballet West," undated comment for publicity use.
Company history included in press kit.
Miscellaneous papers (programming and box office information) from Ogden office.
Notes on programming.
Report on Audit (1971), and accounting records, 1971-1972.
Tour schedule.
Brochures and stationery from the opening of the academy.
Gala program, 20 September 1979, and recital program, 25 June 1981.
Notes from San Francisco Ballet production.
Undated handwritten outline of stage movement.
University Theatre Ballet cast lists.
Press releases from the University Theatre Ballet 1958 and 1961 productions, and a synopsis of the ballet.
Partial manuscript article submitted to
Synopsis and program notes presumably copied from the Royal Ballet's production of Dauberval's eighteenth century ballet in preparation of Ballet West's 1973 production.
Copied program notes from the 1910 production of Fokine's ballet for Diaghilev's Ballet Russe.
Cast lists and budget for Utah Civic Ballet 1964 production.
Handwritten notes in preparation of the 1963 University Theatre Ballet production.
Box 5, folders 29-45 through box 6, folders 12 are newspaper clippings kept chronologically by Christensen.
Hand-drawn designs, all unidentified.
Unidentified typewritten notes and a speech introduction.
Four articles--
Brochures mentioning ballet instruction at the university.
Articles mentioning Ballet West.
"An American Novelist Looks at Ballet."
"Ballet Brings Joy to Students."
"Bravo Ford."
"The Christensen Brothers."
"Deep in Dance Country."
"A New American Tradition."
Clippings and programs.
Clippings and programs continuing from Scrapbook 1. These clippings outline the early career of Janet Reed, one of America's first ballerinas.
Clippings recording Christensen's move from Portland to San Francisco when engaged as soloist and choreographer of the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937. The 1936-1937 clippings are all from Oregon newspapers since he divided his work between the two cities that season.
Clippings covering performances in San Francisco as well as a tour of western cities, including Salt Lake City.
Unidentified and undated photograph album of lecture demonstrations on stage and of the ballets
Clippings.
Christensen's first years at the University of Utah. Clippings and programs of the University Summer Festivals and ballet productions. Significant are clippings reporting the founding of the Utah Ballet Society, the first evidence of local public support of ballet in Salt Lake City.
Magazine clippings of airplanes and automobiles.
Charcoal sketch signed by E. Belle Clogston.
University Theatre Ballet production of
Photographic print. Unidentified backstage shot of Ballet West. Signed by photographer Robert F. Clayton.
Youth Benefit Concert. Program included the Willam F. Christensen Ballet Foundation.
"Celebration of the American Experience," Ballet West.
Order for local billboard advertising.
Minutes of the Utah Concerts Council and Arts Institute Board, 1966-1967, and a policy statement from the Utah Travel Council, 1967.
Membership records of the Salt Lake Ballet Children's Guild; Articles of Incorporation, membership records, and correspondence from the Ogden Guild; membership records, correspondence, minutes, and newsletters from the Salt Lake Guild.
Passbooks and notices.
Form letters, notices, minutes, and agendas sent to board members; profiles of prospective members.
Drafts of short histories of the ballet company to be used for promotion; "History of Ballet in Utah," by Gordon Paxman and R. Alan Behunin, prepared for the Utah State Fine Arts Council.
Season contracts of Utah Civic Ballet's artistic personnel; contracts of guest artists; miscellaneous business contracts.
To and from Clytie Adams, Bene Arnold, Clarence Bamberger, Clive Barnes, Les Baxter, Willam F. Christensen, Mrs. Walter E. Cosgriff, Jacques D'Amboise,
To and from P. W. Manchester, Danny Newman, D. Gordon Paxman, Edward Villella, Mrs. John M. Wallace, and Barbara Weisberger.
Subjects covered are Commendations, Contributions, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival (includes a letter to Willam F. Christensen from Ted Shawn), Requests for Information, Requests Regarding Tickets and Scheduling, and Miscellaneous.
Routine arrangements made by the company's costume shop.
Balance Sheets, 1966-1968; "Choreographer's Showcase," 1966 Budget; Production Expenses, 1964-1968; Statements; and Miscellaneous, undated.
Information on two fund-raising campaigns--the 1965-1966 fund drive and a proposed project in 1967.
Claims and reports filed by Utah Civic Ballet regarding injuries incurred by personnel. Includes correspondence with insurance companies.
Correspondence and proposal about cooperation among the Utah Civic Ballet, the University of Utah, and the Alliance for Progress to establish a scholarship program for South American ballet students at the University of Utah.
Statements and letters from insurers of the company's property and personnel.
Memoranda, applications, and correspondence regarding Utah Civic Ballet's use of the University's Kingsbury Hall.
Business names and addresses assembled for fund drives and lists of season ticket subscribers.
Series of memoranda between R. Alan Behunin, general manager, and Steven H. Horton, company manager, dealing with a variety of business and production details.
Minutes of the company's management meetings.
Primarily correspondence to and from music publishers and dealers regarding the use of musical scores; arrangements made with the Utah Symphony; and dealings with the local Federation of Musicians.
Correspondence and reports about that organization's dance projects.
"Dancers Payroll Request Sheets."
Biographical data sheets filled out by dancers for use in souvenir programs.
Miscellaneous.
Duplicated copies of Harold Lundstrom's
By Governor Calvin L. Rampton and Mayor J. Bracken Lee designating Utah Civic Ballet Month and Week in October 1967.
Files kept on individual productions, primarily advertising and program layouts.
Various arrangements made in assembling programs, including advertiser billing, 1964-1967; some program proofs; and typescript copies.
Publicity arranged by Utah Civic Ballet. Contracts and arrangements with the printed media, radio, and television; miscellaneous
A plea from Utah Civic Ballet for community support of the projected auditorium (never built) in the Salt Palace Complex.
Performance schedule.
Correspondence to and about ballet scholarship recipients; a 1966 request for scholarship funds from Union Pacific Railroad.
Correspondence and brochures regarding the possibility of the Idaho resort becoming Utah Civic Ballet's summer residence. The company's assistant director, D. Gordon Paxman, was on the camp's summer faculty.
Employer's Quarterly Returns, Exemption Returns, and legal correspondence concerning federal taxes.
W-2 and TC-93 forms and withholding returns.
List of dance teachers in the Intermountain area.
Ticket price lists and sales reports, coupon orders, season ticket sales promotional material, Kingsbury Hall seating charges, and miscellaneous sales records.
Correspondence exchanged in arranging Utah Civic Ballet's tours. Arranged alphabetically by state, A-N. Continued in Box 14, Fds 1-16.
Correspondence exchanged in arranging Utah Civic Ballet's tours. Arranged alphabetically by state, S-W. Continued from Box 13, Fds 20-28.
Miscellaneous booking correspondence and tour schedule.
Correspondence and memoranda concerning the relationship of Utah Civic Ballet to the University of Utah. Included is the transfer of the
Records of Utah Civic Ballet's sponsoring organization, including the Society's Articles of Association and By-Laws, 1952; Articles of Incorporation, 1963; financial records, correspondence, and an Agreement between the Utah Ballet Society and the University of Utah, 1964.
Minutes, reports, and correspondence.
Program, ceremony transcription, and letter from the 1967 conferral of the Knightly Order of St. Brigitte on Mrs. Wallace in Beverly Hills, California. The Order was in recognition of her extraordinary community service in her role in Utah Civic Ballet's founding.
Correspondence and a report concerning Utah Civic Ballet's summer seasons, 1967 and 1968, performed in the Zion Park Bowl, Springdale, Utah.
Box 15, folders 5-21 through box 16, folders 1-4 are Ballet West's records of the time they spent in Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado. Beginning in 1970 Ballet West spent their summer season in Aspen where they performed in the evenings and during the day taught young students in their summer ballet "camp." The following folders contain arrangements, year by year, for the summer sessions.
Box 19, folders 21-25 through boxes 20 and 21, folders 1-6 are the records of Ballet West's European Tour. Ballet West performed in Europe in the summer of 1971. Beginning in Greece at the Athens Festival, July 10, they then toured Yugoslavia, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and France, returning to Salt Lake City on September 6. The following records are concerned with the managerial, artistic, and commercial aspects of the tour's arrangement and execution. (A thesis has been written about this tour. Michael J. Rozow, "The General Formulation and Summarization of Ballet West U.S.A.'s 1971 European Tour," [master's thesis, University of Utah, 1972].) Box 21, folders 4-6 deal with the European tour in 1974.
Monthly calendars of Ballet West's commitments, performances, and rehearsals kept by company manager Steven H. Horton.
Applications, correspondence, and miscellaneous.
Correspondence from and to Patricia Dasko, Ballet West's public relations representative in Aspen.
Correspondence, receipts, and miscellaneous.
Applications, brochures, business records, correspondence, and housing arrangements.
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
Tuition records.
Correspondence and miscellaneous.
Correspondence.
Correspondence from and to dancers wishing to audition for Ballet West, 1971-1976. Some resumes are attached to the accompanying letters. Photographs were removed and are in the Photograph Collection, Marriott Library.
Correspondence concerning the University of Utah ballet students who perform in the area's elementary schools, an adjunct program of Ballet West, directed by Karen C. Shores.
Arrangements for establishing guilds in other western cities and arrangements for the Salt Lake Guild's 1969 Membership Tea.
Correspondence concerning plans for Utah's Bicentennial Dance Festival held in Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, October 1975.
Correspondence and reports concerning the planned renovation of Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre, eventual home for Ballet West.
Newspaper clippings.
Short histories of Ballet West written for promotional purposes. Included is the 1973
Contracts signed by Ballet West dancers.
Contract between Ballet West and the Utah Symphony, 1972; contract engaging guest artist Eleanor d'Antuono, 1971; Ballet West touring contract form; and a memorandum comparing Ballet West contracts to American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) contracts, 1975.
Written by board members Warde M. Cameron and Franklin D. Johnson.
Three letters. Behunin, the company's general manager.
Brickell was Ballet West's general manager from 1971-1976. This correspondence concerns all aspects of the company's functions. Continued in Box 18 Fds 1-9.
Brickell was Ballet West's general manager from 1971-1976. This correspondence concerns all aspects of the company's functions. Continued from Box 17 Fds 12-18.
To and from Harry Callahan, Lew Christensen, Willam F. Christensen, Richard W. Cooper, Ron Daum, and Thierry Dorado.
Correspondence and reports from and to Galvin, arts program chairman for the Federation of Rocky Mountain States.
Letters from Ballet West's musical director.
From and to Olga Maynard, New York City Ballet, Danny Newman, D. Gordon Paxman, Dimitri Romanoff, Sabine Salle, Michael Smith, Mrs. John M. Wallace, Ardean Watts, and Leverett Wright.
Correspondence from Ballet West's Wardrobe Department concerning materials, orders, and costume rental.
Bills and receipts.
Biographies of company members.
Claim file dealing with freight of company properties.
Contracts.
Correspondence: General.
Correspondence: General.
Correspondence: Paul Szilard, Ballet West's impresario for the tour.
Financial material.
Freight arrangements.
Guest artists--arrangements made with Linda Meyer, Karel Shimoff, and Jacques D'Amboise.
Medical releases for minors.
Memoranda.
Miscellaneous--arranged alphabetically by city, these folders contain miscellaneous notes, receipts, and records pertaining generally to the company's accommodations.
Orchestra requirements.
Personnel.
Planning notes.
Press conference.
Press releases.
Press reviews.
Programming--lists and notes pertaining to the company's tour performance repertoire.
Schedules.
Travel arrangements.
Visa information.
Ballet West began arranging another European tour for the summer of 1974. It was cancelled the preceding spring for financial reasons. These folders contain these arrangements--lists, correspondence, and contracts.
Correspondence regarding various plans to film Ballet West.
Balance sheets, 1968-1972; Report on Audit, 1975; state and federal tax records, 1969-1970; and a dancers salary list, 1972.
Memoranda and publicity dealing with the 1970 Development Program.
Records of tickets sold at Kingsbury Hall.
Description and correspondence concerned with the proposed scholarship program described in Box 11 Folder 25.
From Robert V. Brickell, 1975-1976; Steven H. Horton, 1971-1976; and miscellaneous.
Circa 1969 concerning the proposed merger of Ballet West and San Francisco Ballet. Details of the proposal are outlined.
Correspondence regarding the ordering of musical scores and arrangements with the Utah Symphony.
Correspondence from and to NEA regarding funding; reports from NEA; Dance Touring Program; and 1971 Dance Company Survey.
Two clippings-
Miscellaneous office correspondence and memoranda concerning minor business details.
Rosters of Ballet West personnel and short biographies of the dancers.
Correspondence between Ballet West and Mass Photo Company, Houston, Texas.
Records of Ballet West productions, 1968-1970. Included are advertising and program layouts, budgets, casting lists, and miscellaneous. The most completely covered production, Folders 20-25, is the April 1970 show
Records of Ballet West productions. Included are advertising and program layouts, budgets, casting lists, and miscellaneous. Continued from Box 22 Fds 18-27.
Letters to program advertisers and program sales reports.
Miscellaneous promotional materials.
Lists of rules for Ballet West dancers as included in their contracts.
Tour and rehearsal schedules.
Correspondence concerning Ballet West scholarships to study ballet at the University of Utah and dance with the company.
Minutes and agendas.
Records on all types of ticket sales--coupon orders, billing, patrons' inquiries--and sales reports for both season subscription and individual tickets. Continued in Box 24 Fds 1-10.
Records on all types of ticket sales--coupon orders, billing, patrons' inquiries--and sales reports for both season subscription and individual tickets. Continued from Box 23 Fds 15-24.
Correspondence arranging Ballet West's tours within the United States, filed alphabetically by state (A-O). Continued in Box 25 Fds 1-6.
Correspondence arranging Ballet West's tours within the United States, filed alphabetically by state (O-W). Continued from Bx 24 Fds 11-30.
Miscellaneous material regarding tour booking contacts and general arrangements.
Correspondence dealing with musicians and stage crew unions' negotiations with Ballet West.
Correspondence and reports.
Correspondence regarding Ballet West's Aspen summer program.
Correspondence regarding auditions for Ballet West. Also included are some resumes and applications.
Correspondence and reports during the construction period of this project. Continued in Bx 27 Fds 1-4.
Correspondence and reports, including Performing Arts Advisory Board business. Continued from Bx 26 Fds 6-9.
Short histories of Ballet West written for promotional purposes.
Dancers' contracts, 1976-1977 season, and Letters of Agreement between Ballet West and various professionals contracted by them.
Bradford was Ballet West general manager.
From Brickell, 1976, who resigned as general manager in the fall of 1976.
From Ballet West's chairman of the board.
From and to Willam F. Christensen, Ronald Mead Horton, Steven H. Horton, Stanley D. Knoles, Bruce Marks, and General Office.
The Herbert Ross film
Records of tickets sold at Kingsbury Hall.
From and concerning Robert G. Bradford, Robert V. Brickell, Steven H. Horton, and General Office.
Correspondence concerning musical scores and conducting.
Correspondence, reports, and memoranda regarding NEA and its Dance Touring Program.
Reviews.
Personnel rosters and biographies of artistic personnel for publicity purposes.
Official releases from Ballet West's Public Relations Department.
Correspondence regarding technical details of production.
Report and a requisition form for promotional materials.
Lists of dancers salaries.
Miscellaneous performance schedules.
Note, report, and sales log concerning the sale of
Correspondence from Ballet West replying to ticket inquires.
Notes and memoranda arranging tours, both to other states and to Utah high schools.
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports between this organization and Ballet West.
Miscellaneous.
Arranged chronologically by performing season.
Arranged chronologically by performing season--both souvenir and house programs.
Arranged chronologically by performing season--both souvenir and house programs. Folders 6 and 7 contain programs from Ballet West's 1971 European tour.
In addition to souvenir and house programs, there are Ballet West publications which replaced the souvenir programs.
Flyers and brochures.
Flyers, brochures, and season subscription order forms.
Flyers, brochures, and season subscription order forms.
Flyers and brochures.
Fine Arts Ballet of Texas Christian University, circa 1952; Royal Winnipeg Ballet, 1962; Capitol Ballet, 1966; Royal Ballet, 1967; Ruth Page's International Ballet, 1968; and Pennsylvania Ballet, circa 1968.
News clippings and programs.
News clippings.
This subseries includes administrative materials from the Christensen Ballet Academy, the Willam Christensen Foundation, and the Christensen Centre
Includes information regarding the San Francisco Opera Ballet.
Contains Chicago Opera Ballet cotume sketches for The Nutcracker, "Roumanian Wedding" costumes by Russell Hartley
Includes an address book, electrical tape, a pair of castanets, and other personal materials.
A scrapbook of thank you letters from Nutcracker performers.
Includes an untitles guest book and a scrapbook of news clippings from Colleen Collins Smith.
Includes a scrapbook of the San Francisco Ballet, and a personal scrapbook including notes, telegrams, and photos.
Includes transcriptions of You Are Love and The Incredible Flutist, Pueblo Dances 1994 calendar, a souvenir album of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, a Ballet West coloring book, and a cardboard sign from the Nutcracker.
Includes piano score of Aida, orchestration of Prince Igor, and piano music for "Pas De Dix".
Orchestration of Romeo and Juliet and piano score for "Eternal Idol".
Orchestration of Cinderella and La Bayadere.
This box contains sketches/drawings and a print signed by artist
This box contains a life-size standing display figure of Willam Christensen.
The artwork, a watercolor created by Vistoria Morgan, depicts Willam Christensen.