Costume worn by Violette Verdy in <i>Ballerina</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1948
name: label: wearer
content: Verdy, Violette
notes: label: Description
content: Ballet costume worn by dancer Violette Verdy in director Ludwig Berger’s 1950 film <i>Ballerina </i> (also known as <i>Poor Little Ballerina </i> or <i>Dream Ballerina </i>.) The yellow "tutu romantique" was executed by renowned costumier Irene Karinska and designed by Marcel Escoffier.
label: Description
content: French ballerina Nelly Armande Guillerm adopted the stage name “Violette Verdy” for her appearance in <i>Ballerina </i>, keeping the name as she embarked on an international career that led to her becoming principal dancer for the New York City Ballet (1958-1977). After retirement she was artistic director for the Paris Opera and Boston Ballets before becoming a teacher at Indiana University.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: ballet
label: Subject
content: Dance
label: Subject
content: Movie
label: Subject
content: Motion Pictures
label: web subject
content: Entertainment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Movies
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content: Movie Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Violette Verdy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0055.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0055
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0055.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: costume, ballet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tulle (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: satin (overall material)
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content: rhinestones (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: sequins (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 160 cm x 60 cm; 63 in x 23 5/8 in