Le récit mythique d’une conversion : La Argentina à l’Athénée de Madrid
In an interview she gave to the French press in 1935, Antonia Mercé, a.k.a. La Argentina, dates her success in Spain to April 16, 1915. That evening, while she performed at the Athenaeum in Madrid in front of "intellectuals, painters, writers, poets, musicians," a double shift took place:...
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| description | In an interview she gave to the French press in 1935, Antonia Mercé, a.k.a. La Argentina, dates her success in Spain to April 16, 1915. That evening, while she performed at the Athenaeum in Madrid in front of "intellectuals, painters, writers, poets, musicians," a double shift took place: while the spectators experienced a kind of epiphany of the dance, she became aware of what her priesthood would be from then on - to embody "the spirit of the Spanish dance". First, the study of the Spanish press published at the end of that particular evening will allow us to highlight the discrepancies, distortions and amalgams that appear in the retrospective narrative of the artist. Then we will try to present the motivations which may have presided over the construction of this story with the appearance of a conversion. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7eca1248e36046caa4b7e696d2b6224d2025-01-30T10:11:19ZengCentre de Recherches Ibériques et Ibéro-AméricainesCahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine1957-77612024-03-013110.4000/ccec.16419Le récit mythique d’une conversion : La Argentina à l’Athénée de MadridHélène FrisonIn an interview she gave to the French press in 1935, Antonia Mercé, a.k.a. La Argentina, dates her success in Spain to April 16, 1915. That evening, while she performed at the Athenaeum in Madrid in front of "intellectuals, painters, writers, poets, musicians," a double shift took place: while the spectators experienced a kind of epiphany of the dance, she became aware of what her priesthood would be from then on - to embody "the spirit of the Spanish dance". First, the study of the Spanish press published at the end of that particular evening will allow us to highlight the discrepancies, distortions and amalgams that appear in the retrospective narrative of the artist. Then we will try to present the motivations which may have presided over the construction of this story with the appearance of a conversion.https://journals.openedition.org/ccec/16419DanceArtistic conversionIntellectual lifeAntonia Mercé |
| spellingShingle | Hélène Frison Le récit mythique d’une conversion : La Argentina à l’Athénée de Madrid Cahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine Dance Artistic conversion Intellectual life Antonia Mercé |
| title | Le récit mythique d’une conversion : La Argentina à l’Athénée de Madrid |
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| title_short | Le récit mythique d’une conversion : La Argentina à l’Athénée de Madrid |
| title_sort | le recit mythique d une conversion la argentina a l athenee de madrid |
| topic | Dance Artistic conversion Intellectual life Antonia Mercé |
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