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Show Ballet Russe Charts Two S. L. Programs - ' ' xj7, ' J s ' w A jf 5 - K T '- IVaV fj. A" ,?,. frO V" jf ' 5"N Only Utah appearance of the' internationally famous Ballet, Russe de Monte Carlo is scheduled sched-uled on January 19 and 20 in Kingsbury Hall on the University Univer-sity of Utah campus, under sponsorship of the University Lecture and Artists Series and University Ballet Society. This superb company of 70 with orchestra will present two entirely different programs on the two evenings. On Monday, "Les Sylphides," "Ballet Imperial," and "Scheherazade" "Scheher-azade" of Arabian Nights' tales. On Tuesday, romantic "Swan Lake," "Pas de Trois Classique," "Raymonda," and the gala "Gait Parisienne," of can-can fame . A pioneer in ballet, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo came to America in 1938, and is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary with a coast-to-coast tour and three week gala in the metropolitan metro-politan opera in the spring. Reserved seats for the two performances per-formances may be obtained at either the U. of U. Extension Division or at Glen Bros. Music, 74 South Main. This season the brilliant Ballet Russe ensemble is headed by ; prima ballerina Nina Novak, j "premier danseurs George R. Zo-ritch Zo-ritch and Alan Howard, ballerina balle-rina Irina Borowska, Gertrude Tyven, Eugene Slavin, Tatiana Grantzeva, Irina Kovalska, Kenneth Ken-neth Gillespie and Paula Tennyson. Tenny-son. Musical director is Ivan L. Boutnikoff. In addition to its tours, this distinguished company has made numerous flims and frequent television appearances, the most recent of which was on Dec. 15 on the Firestone Hour, which drew much critical acclaim. |