Oskar Schlemmer: Bauhaus Dances / Frieze London 2019

As part of Frieze London’s Live program, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac presents Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Dances / Bauhaustänze. Schlemmer (1888-1943) was a German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer. He was Master of Form at the Bauhaus theatre workshop. Famous works are his Treppenszene (Stairway Scene), 1932, and Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), an avant-garde artistic dance that premiered in 1922. “Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Dances | Bauhaustänze have had a profound influence on performance art and contemporary dance. These experimental dances were originally informal manifestations of instructional courses with students under Schlemmer’s direction at the Stage Workshop at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau from 1923 to 1929. In Bauhaus Dances | Bauhaustänze, dancers mathematically explore space, form and materials, accompanied by music composed by Schlemmer. Maintaining continuous dialogue with his painting and sculptural work, these dances explore and perform S