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Geometrisches Ballett – Hommage à Oskar Schlemmer | Ursula Sax/Katja Erfurth (DE)

In memoriam Annette Jahns (1958 - 2020) | Audience discussion and exchange of experiences afterwards on 03.04., Moderation: Isolde Matkey with simultaneous translation into sign language

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Due to the Corona measures, the date will be postponed. An exact date will be announced.

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ZDF report: Bauhaus in Saxony: Even today, artists are still inspired by the Bauhaus masters. For example by Oskar Schlemmer and his “Triadic Ballet”.

Click here for an interview with Ursula Sax in HELLERAU magazine.

The new production of the Geometric Ballet by the Berlin artist Ursula Sax, presented by the Dresden choreographer Katja Erfurth as part of the Appia Festival 2019, will again be shown in the Great Hall.

A characteristic of the concept “Geometric Ballet – Hommage à Oskar Schlemmer” by the sculptor Ursula Sax is the transgression of genres in sculpture, performance, dance, theatre and music. The work was performed in 1992 on a rehearsal stage at Braunschweig Theatre with students* and was dedicated to Oskar Schlemmer and his “Triadic Ballet”. It was rediscovered in the Bauhaus anniversary year 2019. Together with musician Sascha Mock and lighting designer Ted Meier, choreographer Katja Erfurth reinterprets the cycle of works with its special textile forms, masks and body sculptures. The result is both impressive and unusual scenes between strict geometry, warm physicality and expressive movement.

Ursula Sax (*1935) herself is closely connected to the Bauhaus tradition through her training and her works. At over eighty years of age, she can look back on a broad range of work that is appreciated and collected by private individuals, gallery owners and museums. In a seductive way, the air dresses, body masks and body cardboard – originally already transferred to a museum – connect us with the Bauhaus history, which will be extensively celebrated in 2019, and especially with the artistic and theatrical aspects of the Bauhaus. These made up a large part of the practice at the Bauhaus, which, however, can hardly be experienced in practice.

The focus of the work with the replicas of the objects is the relationship between form and space as well as sculpture and movement. The music of Sascha Mock plays a special role in this, which is created parallel to the scenic creation process. In addition to the question of the movement of bodies in space and in relation to the music, the current Dresden production team around the choreographer Katja Erfurth has developed very contemporary themes that reach into current social reality, such as body and mask, veiling and individuality, mass and individual, distance and proximity as well as protection and permeability.

+ Workshops

Sat 03.04. | max. 16 participants:inside

11:00 – 12:30 am Workshop Body cardboard + light
14:00 – 15:30 Workshop Body cardboard + Music
16:00 – 17:30 Workshop Body cardboard + Movement

free admission
Registration: workshop@hellerau.org

+ Lectures

Thu 01.04. 19:00 Anne & Lawrence Halprin: Dance & Architecture – Forms of Collective Creativity”.
Julia Bojaryn and Jana Schmück (DE)From Triadic Ballet to Bauhaus Dances and beyond
Sat 03.04. 18:00 Lecture Torsten Blume (DE)
Simultaneous translation into sign language