The Spanish dancer Antonia Mercé (1890-1936), better known as La Argentina, was an extraordinary creative determined on broadcasting himself worldwide. In Paris he premiered two works by Manuel de Falla: El Amor Brujo (The Bewitched Love) and El sombrero de tres picos. Los Ballets Espagnols were created in the late twenties, following the example of Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Collaborating and working in closely with his company were writers like Cipriano de Rivas Cherif, composers like Falla, and painters like Sáenz de Tejada. In 1929 he was paid tribute in New York, where he had worked with remarkable success, with the participation of Federico García Lorca, Gabriel García Maroto, Federico de Onís and Ángel del Río.
Anselmo Miguel Nieto, Retrato de Antonia Mercé (La Argentina), 1912. Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico de Madrid.