1933 Madame Argentina Spanish Dancer * Theatre Des Champs Elysees Program Paris

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Vintage 1933 Madame Argentina Spanish Dancer Theatre Des Champs Elysees Program Paris
Famous Flamenco Dancer – Madame d’Ora Photography
Rare original vintage program – text is in French
Antonia Merce -
"La Argentina" flamenco and Spanish avant garde
. . .
the epitome of the Spanish dancer . . . she was the “star of the moment” in 1929 and 1931
Venue . . . Theatre des Champs-Elysees Juin 26, 1933
MORE photos below!
Many fantastic signed full page photos of Merce by Photographer:
Madame D’Ora
(Dora Kallmus) (1881-1963). . . Dora Philippine Kallmus
also known as
Madame D'Ora
or
Madame d'Ora
, was an
Austrian
society and
fashion
.
Antonia Mercé Luque, aka La Argentina
(Buenos Aires, 1890 – Bayonne, 1936) was one of the most internationally famous Spanish dancers. Her work as a choreographer, performer, and director made her an important exponent of Spanish dance in the context of modernism.
Despite her fame and cultural prominence as a Spanish dancer, Antonia Mercé La Argentina
Her career achieved a powerful international presence, especially from 1915 onward. She choreographed and starred in the ballet
L’amour sorcier
by Falla in 1925, whose premiere in Paris propelled her success.
In the autumn of 1927, emulating Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, Antonia Mercé founded Les Ballets Espagnols.
Antonia Mercé played an important role in the development of Spanish dance. During the three decades of her artistic career, she was supported by renowned dance critics;
she met and formed relationships with relevant dancers and choreographers wherever she went, painters and sculptors dedicated works to her, and poets and writers were inspired by her for their texts. She was also a model for fashion houses.
Her international importance, critical reception, and recognition from her peers made her
the epitome of the Spanish dancer
.
This wonderful publication also has
beautiful advertisements
of all the important French Couture Houses and famous brands.
All of the costumes used by Merce in the production were from the famous French couture house
Callot Soeurs
.
As an aside
. . . Merce’s
Pianist
in her performances was
Miguel Berdion
– there is a photo of him in the program.
In the mid-1920s his career began to take off. With "La Argentinita", the star of the moment, between 1929 and 1931 he made three "very extensive" tours that took the musician to the United States, Japan or Canada without forgetting the European continent. In these concerts, with a mainly Spanish repertoire, Berdión not only accompanied the singer, but also made interventions as a soloist and "even international critics recognized him as a pianist who was equated with the great performers of the moment".
Condition:
Very good condition – complete and tightly bound
~
no writing.
This also has the original tissue cover guards and red rope marker (the tissue guards have some foxing/spotting)
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the inside pages are clean and unmarked
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a Beauty!
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