East German Poster Database

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• Ballettogramme / Mit Chopin und Jazz und Beat

  Double sided poster. Poster is black and white. The front shows a black image of a male ballet dancer. The text advertises for an event of ballet and music, including music by Chopin. Jazz and rhythm. Backside includes production notes and additional information. Box 5.

• Undine/Ballett

  Poster is red with white inner border and black outer border. Depicts a mer,aid tail from top center to middle, with various sea creatures surrounding. Advertises for the ballet "Undine". Note: poster is bottom 1 of 2 with PA-0742 2 of 2.

• Gala Abend: Ballet der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin- Primaballerina Monika Lubitz, Meistertänzer Bernd Dreyer, weitere Solisten und das corps de ballet- Palast der Republik Großer Saal 16.-19.6.78 um 19.30 Uhr, Karten ab 16.5.78 an den Kassen des PdR

  This poster is a black and white photo (on black) of a female ballerina in white with white flowers in her hair in the midst of a twirl. The text is in white at the right. This poster advertises for a "Gala Evening" featuring the ballerina Monika Lubitz and Master Dancer Bernd Dreyer.

• P.I. Tschaikowski: Schwanensee- Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Palast der Republik Großer Saal, 11. 12. 13. Sept. 1981 19 Uhr, Karten ab 15. August

  This poster is black and white photograph (on black) of a line of female ballet dancers in white tutus, with a man posing in the foreground. The text is in white at the top. this poster advertises for performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

• P.I. Tschaikowski: Schwanensee, Ballett der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin- Palast der Republik, Großer Saal- Karten ab 15.12. an den Kassen des PdR- 5. und 6. Januar 1980 um 16 Uhr

  This poster is a black and white photograph (on black) of a male ballet dancer in white holding the hand of a female dancer in black on pointe. The text is in white at the bottom. This poster advertises for a performance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".

• Ballettabend '82- Béla Bartók: Der holzgeschnitze Prinz, Boris Blacher: der Mohr von Venedig - Bühnen der Stadt Gera

  This poster is pea green with a black, almost stick-figure depiction of a king with a yellow crown doing a handstand. The king's lower torso/legs form the negative space between two faces in profile looking at each other (in green). A black border is at the top with white text. This poster advertises for an "Evening of Ballet" featuring "The Woodchip Prince" and "The Moor of Venice".

• Ballettabend- Sinfonie in C/Carmen Suite: Georges Bizet, Joan from Zarissa: Werner Egk, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is white with slightly diagonal lines going vertical across poster. At the top is white text shadowed in black advertising an "Evening of Ballet", followed by a black line, followed by blue text advertising "Symphony in C", followed by a black line, followed by purple text advertising "Joan from Zarissa", followed by a black line, followed by orange-red text advertising the "Carmen Suite", followed by a black line, followed by white text shadowed in black with name of the theater.

• Abraxas: Werner Egk, Ballett

  This poster is white with an abstract black sketch in the bottom center. The sketch is circular, and prominently features individual eyes (detached from faces), along with nude figures and letters, all crossed by two white lines with a teardrop at the intersection. The title is in black at the top with black border around poster. It advertises for the ballet performance of "Abraxas", from Werner Egk.

• Aschenbrödel: Ballett in drei Akten und sieben Bildern, Musik: Sergej Prokofjew- Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin

  This poster is white and is divided horizontally by a black border with green underneath. A yellow high-heeled shoe sits atop the border with exaggerated yellow and black shadow to look like a crown. The text is at the top in black with a yellow and green border and remaining text underneath. It advertises for the ballet "Aschenbrödel" with music by Sergei Prokofiev.

• Werner Egk: Abraxas Ballett- Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster depicts a hollow bust of a male human head with a chipped nose. Out of the head emerges snakes which resemble brains, along with roses, stars, and pearls. The background is divided vertically into a sky with a rainbow and a green background with jagged black arrows pointing outward. Flowers flow toward the former, snakes and pearls toward the latter. The text is at the bottom in white on black, black on blue, and gray on yellow, with theater name torp left in black on pink. This poster advertises for the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.

• Werner Egk: Abraxas- Dramatisches Ballet- Landes Theater Halle

  This poster is black with a red stippled depiction of a ballerina's legs on point. The title is in white and red vertical text at left, with remaining text in red at right. This poster advertises for a performance of the ballet "Abraxas" from Werner Egk.

• Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin- Aufforderung zum Tanz: Romantische Ballettszenen in Choreographien von Marius Petipa und Michail Fokin

  This poster is green with a black and white depiction in the top center of an angel in the Victorian style. The text in darker green is at the top and bottom with performance title in white directly below the image. This advertises for a ballet titled "An Invitation to Dance", from Marius Petipa and Michail Fokim.

• Romeo and Julia: Ballet von Sergeij Prokofjew- Deutsch Staatsoper Berlin

  This poster is a black and white (predominantly black) blurred photo with an indistinguishable object, but probably a person. The title is in white and black on white on the top left and right sides. It advertises for a ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet from Sergei Prokofiev based off the work of William Shakespeare.

• Der Puppenspieler- Ballet von Jan F. Fischer

  This poster depicts a sepia photograph of a string puppet wearing a lace collar. The title of play is in black gothic script at top, with the remaining text underneath in black and on the left side. It advertises for a ballet titled "The Puppeteer", from Jan F. Fischer. This was for the ballet's premiere.

• Le Papillon/Der Schmetterling: Ballet von Jacques Offenbach

  This poster is black with a gray-white blurred depiction of a dancer on a stage that has moved from left to right. The title is in green and white at the bottom. It advertises for the French ballet "The Butterfly" by Jacques Offenbach. It is the ballet's premiere in the DDR.