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Letter of introduction by Guillaume Jandaschewsky, Director of Zig_Zag to prospective seeking employment of the troupe.
The Jandaschewsky family collection was kept together by the last remaining family member, Arthur 'Jandy' Jandaschewsky. During the last years of his life 'Jandy' sold the collection to his friend John Anastasiadis. Mr Anastasiadis kept the collection for a 25 year period, having built a repository for housing and exhibiting it at his own home. In 1994 he sold the collection to the MAAS in order to keep it together, and in New South Wales, according to 'Jandy's' wishes.

Letter of introduction, 'Repertoire de la celebre troupe Zig Zag Averino', text in French, paper, [France], 1883-1900.
Double sided printed letter of introduction, black text on cream ground, with some handwritten notes in pencil. Obverse is printed horizontally, with the page to be folded in half to form a leaflet. The facing page is blank, the text consists of a letter of introduction from Guillaume Jandaschevsky (sic), Director of the Zig Zag troupe, to prospective employers "of my celebrated troupe of ballet dancers, fairy tales, pantomimes all genres, eccentric acrobatic clowns, living scenes." (trans)
Reverse printed vertically, outlining the repertoire of the Zig Zag troupe. It consists of a programme divided into 5 parts including: eccentrics and acrobatics such as Lili Lolo Lala, eccentric clowns and the 3 Pierrots eccentric dancing acrobats; 21 dances ballets and diversions such as the devil and the sylphs and eccentric Pierrots; tableaux vivants (living scenes) groups composed, arranged and copied from celebrated masters of sculpture and painting; a large pantomime with 28 individual acts including "Love in the convent", "Heaven paradise and hell", "Pierrot in Africa"; with a supplementary fifth section including the birth of harlequin and the gold monster.
(see OF for partial translation of text)

Made: France; 1883 - 1900


Used: Troupe Zig Zag; France

Used: Lili Lolo Lala; France

Used: Jandaschewsky, Guillaume; France

Used: Jandaschewsky family; France

Owned: Jandaschewsky, Arthur 'Jandy'; Europe

Owned: Jandaschewsky family; Europe

Owned: Anastasiadis, John; Europe

Text in French, on reverse printed black, between 2 black and white stars "REPERTOIRE/ DE LA CĀ?LĀ?BRE TROUPE/ Zig -Zag/ AVERINO.........."

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1883 - 1900

434 mm

270 mm