Bauhaus Stage

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

Schlemmer's stage workshop turned the body into geometry. Spheres and cones in the Triadic Ballet costumes set the human figure dancing as a form in space, and performance art traces its origin to them.

Bauhaus Stage — Schlemmer, costumes for the Triadic Ballet — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Schlemmer, costumes for the Triadic Ballet — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Bauhaus Stage — Figurine from the Triadic Ballet — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Figurine from the Triadic Ballet — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Bauhaus Stage — Xanti Schawinsky, figures for The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1925 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 — Xanti Schawinsky, figures for The Two Gentlemen of Verona 1925 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Visual cues

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

Best used for

Stage costume and dance direction that recasts the body as pure geometry
Exhibition or brand film about the relation between figures and moving bodies

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Dictionary entry

Type: Geometric sans only, sized by the ratio of circle to square
Composition: Think in plan and elevation, set positions on a drawn floor grid
Material: Spheres, cones and cylinders in primary color and metallic sheen
Caution: Gluing spheres and cones onto a costume without choreographing the body as a moving form leaves only a geometric fancy dress party.
Further study: Oskar Schlemmer / the Bauhaus stage workshop / restagings in contemporary performance

Related entries

Bauhaus (バウハウス)Shared effects: Play.Compare Bauhaus Stage and Bauhaus
Constructivist Stage (構成主義舞台美術)Same Stage Design lineage.Compare Bauhaus Stage and Constructivist Stage

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