Sign
1940s
| Place of origin |
Bronislava Nijinska first worked in Hollywood in 1934 on the dance sequences for Max Reinhardt’s film A Midsummer Night’s Dream (released 1935) this was her first visit to the USA. She returned to the USA in 1936 (to supervise the staging of Les Noces by de Basil’s Ballet Russe) and then moved there at the outbreak of War in 1939. She settled in Hollywood first teaching at the Nico Charisse Ballet School and in 1941 opened her own Bronislava Nijinska-Hollywood Ballet School for which this was a sign. She taught there until 1950.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Sign for Bronislava Nijinska’s Studio in Hollywood painted on metal |
| Physical description | Studio sign in navy blue lettering on grey ground with silver strips painted on metal The sign had holes in the top corners and two one above the other just off-centre at the bottom presumably for fastening the sign to the wall |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Bronislava Nijinska /HOLLYWOOD BALLET/STUDIO/DAILY CLASSES 10AM – 7PM/ENTRANCE
With arrow pointing to the right |
| Summary | Bronislava Nijinska first worked in Hollywood in 1934 on the dance sequences for Max Reinhardt’s film A Midsummer Night’s Dream (released 1935) this was her first visit to the USA. She returned to the USA in 1936 (to supervise the staging of Les Noces by de Basil’s Ballet Russe) and then moved there at the outbreak of War in 1939. She settled in Hollywood first teaching at the Nico Charisse Ballet School and in 1941 opened her own Bronislava Nijinska-Hollywood Ballet School for which this was a sign. She taught there until 1950. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.21-2016 |
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| Record created | January 12, 2016 |
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