Martha Graham Modern Ballet poster (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
A Farsi announcement for performances by Martha Graham and her ballet company at the Dehghan Theatre (Tehran Theatre), Lalehzar. A blue-toned photograph shows three dancers, one balanced on one leg in a lift. The sheet gives the dates (19 to 22 Bahman), the 8:30 pm start, ticket prices of 50 to 200 rials and the sales point. The tell is transfer: the standing of an American dance company is attached to the exchange programme.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- January 30, 1956
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, January 30, 1956. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948840, 306-PPB-51).
Text on the object
بالت مدرن توسط مارتا گراهام و گروه بالت او تاتر دهقان (تماشاخانه تهران) - لاله زار روزهای ۱۹ - ۲۰ - ۲۱ - ۲۲ بهمن ماه - ساعت ۸/۵ بعد از ظهر بهای بلیط: ۵۰ - ۱۰۰ - ۱۵۰ - ۲۰۰ ریال محل فروش بلیط: انجمن ایران و امریکا این برنامه با همکاری انجمن ایران و امریکا - انجمن هنری جوانان - اداره کل هنرهای زیبای کشور و تاتر آکادمی امریکا ترتیب داده شده است
Modern ballet by Martha Graham and her ballet company Dehghan Theatre (Tehran Theatre) - Lalehzar On the days 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 of Bahman - at 8:30 in the afternoon Ticket price: 50 - 100 - 150 - 200 rials Ticket sales location: Iran-America Society This programme has been arranged in cooperation with the Iran-America Society - the Youth Arts Society - the national General Administration of Fine Arts - and the American Theatre Academy (ANTA).
The hour reads '8 and a half' in the print; rendered 8:30. 'American Theatre Academy' is translated literally from the printed name.
