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Oskar Schlemmer, Artur Michel, Correspondence, Triadic Ballet, 1933, Germany, German Dance

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Why is it important?

These letters shed light on the problem Schlemmer faced in organising and managing the performance of his "Triadisches Ballett". Wigman and Laban and theor supporters rejected Schlemmer's aesthetic and did not support, but boycotted him.

Perspectives

Additional information on the hostile relationship of Laban and Wigman and their supporters to other movement aesthetics.

Dr Marion Kant
University of Cambridge

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This page is a summary of: Oscar Schlemmer's Triadic Ballet (Paris, 1932) and Dance Discourse in Germany. Three Letters with Annotation and a Commentary, Dance Research, May 2015, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/drs.2015.0121.
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