Bauhaus Stage

バウハウスの舞台 / 1921–1929 / Style / Stage Design

Schlemmer's stage workshop translated the body into geometry. The spheres and cones of the Triadic Ballet costumes made the human dance as a form in space — the origin point of performance art.

Geometrized bodies / Costumes of spheres and cones / Three acts by color / Choreography as spatial figure

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Oskar Schlemmer / the Bauhaus stage workshop / restagings in contemporary performance

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