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Inventory of the Edith Allard Papers, 1955-1991
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Joy L. Austria, 2008 ©2008. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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Creator |
Allard, Edith, 1927- |
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Title |
Edith Allard Papers |
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Dates |
1955-1991 |
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Extent |
0.5 cubic ft. (1 box and 1 oversize folder) |
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Abstract |
Letters, postcards, telegrams, contracts and schedules, clippings, photographs and programs of dance performances in Israel and Sweden, two art prints and a small collection of medals. |
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Language |
Materials are in English, French, Swedish, Italian, and Hebrew. |
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Repository |
Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
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Collection Call Number |
Dance MS Allard |
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Collection Stack Location |
3a 48 1 |
Edith Allard Papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Gift of Edith Allard, 2007.
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
The Edith Allard Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum (Priority II).
The Edith Allard Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
American ballet dancer.
Edith Allard began her dance education in Hoopston, Illinois, where she was born in 1927. When her family moved to Chicago, she continued her dance education with Ann Barzel and Mary Vandas. In 1945 Allard was awarded a scholarship to study at the School of American Ballet in New York for a year. Returning to Chicago she joined the Ruth Page Chicago Opera Ballet and by 1949, she had danced with several companies including the Markova-Dolin Company and the New York Radio City Music Hall Corps de Ballet. However, finding scant work in the U.S., Allard moved to Paris to begin a European career.
Allard, a tiny brunette with brooding good looks, spent five years in Paris, danced with the Theatre du Chatelet, studied with Nicholai Zveroff, and married physiotherapist, Serge Signoud, in 1951. She was guest soloist with the Theater National in Tel Aviv, the Ballet de Lyon, and the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. In 1956, Allard opened her own school in Compiegne, France. Eventually, she conducted master classes at such places as the Royal Swedish Ballet School, the University of Stockholm, LaScala in Italy and the Festival d’Avignon.
Later, Allard married Ingemar Larssen and made her home in Stockholm, Sweden.
Collection consists of incoming letters, including ones from Rosella Hightower and Allard’s Paris teacher, Lubov Egorova, (a.k.a. Princess Nikita Troubetskoy), postcards and telegrams. Also, material regarding performances in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden, including clippings, programs and photographs of the 1960s. Also, business-related items such as schedules, contracts and a residence permit for Italy and the Teatro Alla Scala 1984-1985, a few miscellaneous photographs, programs, clippings, two art prints from LaScala, Milan, several small medals and nine oversize posters.
Correspondence to Ann Barzel is located in the Barzel Correspondence Series.
Arranged by type of material.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Container List |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence, Incoming: Letters, 1965-1991 and undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Correspondence, Incoming: Cards and envelopes, 1975-1985, and undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence, Incoming: Telegrams, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Contracts and Schedules, 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Residents Permit, Italy, 1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Clippings, Miscellaneous, 1955-1965 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Performances: Cinderella - Clippings, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Performances: Cinderella - Photographs, 1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Performances: Israel - Letter and publications, 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Performances: Israel - Photographs, 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Performances: Medea - Clippings, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Performances: Medea - Photographs, 1966 | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Performances: Romeo and Juliet and The Prodigal Son: Clippings, 1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Performances: Serge Lifar Gala, Clippings, 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Performances: Serge Lifar Gala, Photographs, 1967 | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Photographs: Opera Elevskolan Stockholm “Exam Day for Parents”, June, 1981 | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Photographs: Stora Teatern Performances; Miscellaneous, 1960-1969 | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Programs: Stora Teatern, 1964-1968 | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Programs: Miscellaneous, 1958; 1968; Undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Art Prints: LaScala, Milan, 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Medals, undated | |||||||||
| -- | Oversize folder: Posters, 1956-1985 | ||||||||||
| Harry Rubenstein Presents the Israeli Ballet (autographed), Dec. 11, 1964 | |||||||||||
| Stora Teatern: Balettafton, April 9, 1963 | |||||||||||
| Cite Universitaire (Paris), “A la Gloire de Chopin”, March 5, 1956 | |||||||||||
| Teatro alla Scala (Milan) – five posters for 1985 season: “Swan Lake”(2); “Romeo and Juliet”; “Prodigal Son”; “Jungle” et al. (5 posters) | |||||||||||
| Edith Allard: Opera Ballet School, Stockholm, 1981 | |||||||||||