I’ve become very interested in the Bauhaus movement, and done quite a bit of reading on it. I really like the furniture, and I understand that part of the course included dance. Somebody at the BAUHAUS came up with a dance called the “PROGRESSIVE BALLET”, and from the descriptions given, it was really weird. Does anybody know if this is ever performed today?
Whew. I’m gonna get burned on this one, I can feel it. Nevertheless, I will function as the voice of ignorance in an otherwise enlightened community.
I think that the Bauhaus’ ballet style was based largely on the dance style embodied in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I’ve seen a fine version filmed in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. You can probably still find it on videotape, should you want to view something that is (possibly) related.
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I saw it last year…Peter Murphy mopes around his basement dancing and singing about bats and misery.
I loved it! I’m going to see it again and again
Ah, a prediction… Mouthbreather is… 29 years old. Am I right? Am I right? Somewhere between 25 and 32 in any case?
All I know about the ballets is that they were designed by Oskar Schlemmer (who was also a painter) if that helps you any. A book I have notes that they were sort of sculptural and humanized-robotic, so I have something in my mind’s eye like Kraftwerk Mensch-Maschine videos. Let us know if you find anything out.
I located a good book on the BAUHAUS. Indeed, Oscar Schelmmer wrote the ballet, and designed some really weird costumes. From all accounts, Weimar germany didn’t know what to make of this. I would like to persue this-anybody know if any modern dance companies do this sort of thing?
I asked my SO last night-- he said that in his video-art class these were mentioned, and that someone in Germany still does perform them. It sounds like they’re pretty minimalist-- they saw a little clip, so apparently clips are out there. I wonder if a northernlight.com search for Oskar would work?