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Title
Jorge Donn, Ballet of the 20th Century
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Jarzomb, Leo
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph also used in article dated December 27, 1985.; Title supplied by cataloger.
French/Swiss choreographer Maurice Bejart founded the Ballet du XXme Siecle (Ballet of the 20th Century) in Brussels, Belgium in 1960. For many years it was the official dance company of the Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, until May 1987, when Bejart moved his troupe from Brussels to Lausanne and transformed the company into the Bejart Ballet Laussane.
Photograph caption dated February 14, 1985 reads, "Jorge Donn - who has been with Maurice Bejart's Ballet of the 20th Century for 22 years - danced "Bolero" Tuesday as part of the company's opening program at Royce Hall, UCLA."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;31 x 24 cm. on sheet 36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00087557
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b081_f1.2_i3
CARL0004965273
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/26767
Subject
Donn, Jorge
Ballet du XXe sie`cle (Belgium)
Bolero (Choreographic work : Be´jart)
Ballet dancers
Ballet--California--Los Angeles
Ballet companies--Belgium
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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