Well framed poster (34.5 x 44.5), under glass, Teatro Real Bailes Rusos, reproduction of the 1921 poster which can be presented as follows:
This poster advertises the third (and last season) that Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes performed at the Teatro Real, Madrid, from 19 March to 10 April 1921. During the season The Polovtsian Dances, a ballet excerpt from Borodin's opera Prince Igor, appear to have been performed three times.

Spain was important to Diaghilev's company as it had provided a refuge for them during the 1914-18 War and the King of Spain was a great supporter of the company. Nevertheless they appeared more frequently in Barcelona (five visits between 1917 and 1927) than Madrid. Posters and program covers for performances in Spain were frequently artists' impressions of the company's most popular productions. The Polovtsian Dances was one such, being danced at a quarter of all Ballets Russes performances, and being the only production presented every year of the company's existence. In his illustration the artist Abelard Delgado captures the energy and color of the production but creates his own interpretation of the costume designed by Nicholas Roerich for a male warrior.hie