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“What a lugubrious tale!”
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Abstract
Catherine attends a party at the Ellerslie mansion near Wilmington, Delaware, hosted by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in May 1927. Zelda and her daughter, Scottie, begin taking lessons at the Littlefield School. Mommie becomes ballet mistress and Catherine the première danseuse for the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company and then the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. Catherine begins to choreograph opera divertissements and stand-alone ballets. Her first stand-alone ballet is a one-act Russian folklore ballet entitled L’Hiver. Zelda and Scottie appear in Philadelphia Grand Opera Company productions and Scott visits Catherine’s studio. William Hughes and Paul Mathis are the first men to join Catherine’s ensemble. Zelda writes a short story about Catherine.
Title: “What a lugubrious tale!”
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Abstract
Catherine attends a party at the Ellerslie mansion near Wilmington, Delaware, hosted by F.
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in May 1927.
Zelda and her daughter, Scottie, begin taking lessons at the Littlefield School.
Mommie becomes ballet mistress and Catherine the première danseuse for the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company and then the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.
Catherine begins to choreograph opera divertissements and stand-alone ballets.
Her first stand-alone ballet is a one-act Russian folklore ballet entitled L’Hiver.
Zelda and Scottie appear in Philadelphia Grand Opera Company productions and Scott visits Catherine’s studio.
William Hughes and Paul Mathis are the first men to join Catherine’s ensemble.
Zelda writes a short story about Catherine.
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