40. UNUSUAL PROGRAM FOR THE SWEDISH BALLET, 1923 - LES BALLETS SUÉDOIS PROGRAMME DE LA SAISON, cover by Legér.

THE SUEDOIS OF THE BALLET. (PROGRAM FOR THE SEASON). (Paris, J. Hébertot, 1923).] Large 4to. 32 x 24.5 cm. 36 p. Printed original cover after F. Legér.
Slightly worn in the corners.

Together with: Catalog No. 29. Swedish Ballet Decoration Exhibition 15-31 May 1922, 4 pp. incl. cover. Swedish-French art gallery (Stockholm 1922).

Fine and rare art deco program for the Swedish Ballet's upcoming productions: The Toy Shop (Andre Helle and Claude Debussy), Creation (Blaise Cendrars, Darius Milhaud and F. Leger), Midsummer night's revel (Hugo Alfvén, Nils Dardel), Within the Quota (Cole Porter and Gerald Murphy), The Snare (G. Tailleferre, Hélène Perdiriat), Skating Rink (Canudo, Leger and A. Honegger), The Foolish Virgins (Kurt Atterberg, Einar Nerman), The Newlyweds on the Eiffel Tower (Jean Cocteau, Jean Hugo), Dandsgille (Jean Börlin and Eugene Bigot). In addition, several spreads with pictures of Jean Börlin.

Text by i.a. Maurice Raynal, Blaise Cendrars, Paul Claudel.

The Swedish Ballet, Les Ballets Suédois, was active for five years (1920 – 1925), but managed to perform its ballets almost 2,800 times in 146 cities in 14 countries. During their time, they were one of the world's foremost privately owned ballet ensembles. They danced modernly, lived modernly and above all they communicated modernly. Their avant-garde performances were also advertising full of colour, form and movement.
With pioneering and offensive communication strategies, Rolf de Maré made his dance company the Swedish Ballet world famous.
In 1931, the work "Les Ballets Suédois dans l'Art Contemporain" was published, with plates by e.g. Steinlen, Foujita, Bonnard and Léger.