Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)
1922
Oskar Schlemmer premières 'Triadisches Ballett'

The Constructivist Bauhaus teacher’s most famous work, this avant-garde artistic dance transformed dancers into geometrical shapes. Schlemmer’s aesthetics would go to influence Japanese Jikken Kobo. The following year, Schlemmer was hired as master of form at the Bauhaus theater workshop. Due to the popularity of performance, as the ballet toured, it helped to spread the word of Bauhaus around the world.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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- Constructivism, dance, geometry, performance, theater
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- Oskar Schlemmer
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- Triadisches Ballett
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- Bauhaus, Bauhaus Theater Workshop, Jikken Kobo
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