| Beskrivelse | Correspondence and other records primarily regarding the formation of a new company separate to Ballets Jooss under the direction of Fritz Cohen for which the Dartington Hall Trustees were not responsible or liable.
Subjects include: the terms of arrangement in connection with the Ballets Jooss; the impact of war upon the activities and movements of the Ballets Jooss and other aliens upon the Dartington Hall Estate; finance; arrangements for the Ballets Jooss to perform in the United States following the South American Tour; the extension of visitors visas for members of the Ballets Jooss; and a testimonial for Gabor Cossa.
Correspondents include: Fred Gwatkin; Leonard Elmhirst; Christopher Martin; Fritz Cohen; R S Dunning; F A Wadhams; Milton Rose; Byron H Uhl and Eugene Kessler, Immigration and Naturalisation Service; R van Riemsdyk; and Gabor Cossa.
Additional material includes: a draft 'Agreement between Leonard Knight Elmhirst, Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst, Frederick Ambrose Stapleton Gwatkin, Alfred Octavius Elmhirst and Kurt Jooss' (1936); a Contract of engagement for a world tour of the Ballets Jooss for Mr Rombout van Riemsdijk as Manager (1936); a Contract of engagement for a world tour of the Ballets Jooss for Mr L Greanin as General Manager (1936); an 'Agreement between Columbia Concerts Corporation, and Kurt Jooss' (1936); a Notice that Fritz Cohen has been appointed representative of the Dartington Hall Trustees with the Ballets Jooss in the absence of Kurt Jooss; a preface by John Maynard Keynes for the Charity Matinee by the Ballets Jooss (1939); a Contract between Mr N Viggiani, impresario, and the Ballets Jooss, represented solely by L Greanin; minutes from a meeting of the Dartington Hall Trustees Arts Section; a list of the Artists of the Ballets Jooss; and a list of past ports for the Ballets Jooss. |