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Description: | Four scrapbooks compiled by Anton Dolin or his family and recording Dolin's stage career between the years 1916 and 1937. The scrapbooks mainly contain press cuttings, photographs, programmes and illustrations.
Archive reference number: THM/11 (4 volumes)
Biographical/historical: Trained by Seraphine Astafieva and Bronislava Nijinska, Anton Dolin began his professional career in 1921 when he joined Diaghilev's Ballets russes. He became a soloist in 1924, dancing leading roles in many productions, including Nijinska's Le train bleu. Apart from a gap in 1927 when he briefly set up his own company with Vera Nemtchinova, Dolin remained with the Ballets russes until Diaghilev's death in 1929.
He subsequently worked as dancer and choreographer with most of the leading ballet companies, including the Vic-Wells ballet (now the Royal Ballet), and Ballet Theatre (now American Ballet Theatre). In 1935 he formed the Markova- Dolin company with Dame Alicia Markova, eventually forming London's Festival Ballet with her in 1950, where he remained as premier danseur and artistic director until 1961. | Format: | Press cuttings Photographs Illustrations Scrapbooks Programmes | Subjects: | Dance Ballet dancers; Men dancers; Ballet - Great Britain - History - 20th century Ballet Men dancers Stage Male dancers Theatre | Temporal: | 1916-1937 20th century | Source: | Backstage | Address: | Blythe House, 23 Blythe Road, London,,
W14 0QX | Creator: | Dolin, Anton | Identifier: | www.backstage.ac.uk/records/collection/c | Language: | en | Format: | Press cuttings Photographs Illustrations Scrapbooks Programmes | Go to resource |
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