Archive photograph

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.6547]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "The Oklahoma City Civic Ballet in its first appearnce of the season October 30 will produce the American premiere of a 1951 ballet by Choreographer George Skibine plus a yet to be named work being staged by Yvonne Chouteau. The emphasis on the new announced Wednesday brings to four the number of ballets which will be performed by the company which co-directed by Miss Chouteau and Miguel Terekhov. "Annabel Lee," a 15-minute work based on the poem by Edger Allen Poe, is new in every respect from Choreography to original music written by AMerican composer Byron Schiffman. The ballet for two will be damced by the previously announced gurest artists for this performance, Majorie Tallchief and Nicolai Polajenko. "Annabel Lee" is a ballet for one voice and orchestra. Miss Tallchief's interpretation has been characterized as "an imaginative, ingenious creation expressing in dance the haunting beauty of the poem. Now in rehearsal for their opening performance are members of the civic ballet."