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January 2008
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- Sharron Miller's DT cover shoot
- Behind the Scenes with Tabitha and Napoleon
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- Hip Hop at the 2008 DTSC with Luam
- Behind the Scenes with Tony Meredith & Melanie LaPatin
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Barbara Karinska History Quiz
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1 What was Karinska’s first entrepreneurial venture with costumes?
2 How was Karinska able to escape Russia and the Russian Revolution?
3 What was her most important commission?
4 When did Karinska first arrive in the United States?
5 What was Karinska’s first commission in the United States?
6 For what movie did Karinska win an academy award?
7 Who did Karinska most enjoy working with?
8 What was a famous Karinska innovation?
9 What 1962 award did she win for creating costumes full of “visual beauty”?
10 Name one Ballet Karinska designed costumes for while working exclusively
for NYCB?
Answer Key:
[1] Opened a shop in Moscow selling embroidery and linen. [2] As commissar of Museums, requested to be sent to Germany and then fled to Brussels. [3] The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for Balanchine’s ballet “Cotillon” [4] 1939, before WWII [5] A serpent for New York’s World’s Fair. [6] 1948 film “Joan of Arc” [7] Balanchine and NYCB [8] Powder-Puff tutu [9] Capezio Dance Award [10] Jewels (1967) or Vienna Waltzes (1971)
