“MECHANIZED EXPRESSION”
DANCE X SCHLEMMER
The new modern Bauhaus ballet begins with an Oskar Schlemmer masked caricature of a dancer moving gracefully across the stage, covered in a flowing garb made of diaphanous fabrics that billow and swirl around the ambiguous body. The fabric is carefully arranged with mechanized elements, such as pulleys and ropes, which allow the dancer to manipulate the fabric in a controlled and choreographed manner to interact with saturated pastel colored lights and shadows. The movements are exaggerated and dynamic, evoking the mechanical precision and fluidity of a well-oiled machine. The choreography extends beyond the abstract human body of the dancer into the twirling fabric. The entity of fabric contorts and twists in ways that seem almost robotic, yet there is a sense of artistry and expression in the movements that transcends mere mechanization into the posthuman.
THE BODY CONTORTS AND TWISTS IN WAYS THAT SEEM ALMOST ROBOTIC, YET THERE IS A SENSE OF ARTISTRY AND EXPRESSION IN THE MOVEMENTS THAT TRANSCENDS MERE MECHANIZATION.
THE MOVEMENTS ARE INTENSE, AS IF TO EXPRESS THE TENSION OF MECHANIZATION AND HUMAN EXPRESSION. THE FABRIC SWIRLS AROUND IN A FRENETIC FRENZY, ILLUMINATED BY DAZZLING LIGHTS SPECTACLE.
THE DANCE IS A FUSION OF MOVEMENT, LIGHT, AND FABRIC, CREATING A DYNAMIC AND OTHERWORLDLY SPECTACLE ON STAGE.
THE DANCE BEGINS WITH THE DANCER MOVING GRACEFULLY ACROSS THE STAGE, DRESSED IN A FLOWING COSTUME MADE OF DIAPHANOUS FABRICS THAT BILLOW AND SWIRL AROUND THE BODY.
