Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 2: Modern Era (1850–1949)

1922

Oskar Schlemmer premières 'Triadisches Ballett'

Artwork · Japan

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.

Sources

People

Oskar Schlemmer

Movements

Bauhaus, Constructivism

Filed under

Ideas
Constructivism, dance, geometry, performance, theater
People
Oskar Schlemmer
Works
Triadisches Ballett
Organisations
Bauhaus, Bauhaus Theater Workshop, Jikken Kobo

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