[Mikhail Mordkin. Russian ballet]. Souvenir illustrated program. 1926. - 16 p.p.; 23x31 cm.

Description:
USA. In the publishing cover. The program includes numerous photographs of Mikhail Mordkin and the text written by Oliver M. Seiler.
Information:
Mikhail Mordkin (1880 - 1944) - ballet dancer, choreographer. He joined Diaghilev's ballet in 1909 as a leading dancer. After the first season he remained in Paris to dance with Pavlova. He then formed his own company, the All Star Imperial Russian Ballet, which toured America in 1911 and 1912. Mikhail Mordkin left Russia after the October Revolution and formed a new Mordkin Ballet in 1937 in the US. Oliver Martin Seiler (1887-1958) was an American critic and journalist, author of the books «Russian Theater» (1922), «Russian Actors in America» (1923) etc.