2019
DOI: 10.21476/pp.2019.42228
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Performing <i>with</i> the Masquerade: Towards a Corporeal Reconstitution of Sophie Taeuber’s Dada Performances

Abstract: This contribution aims for a “corporeal reconstitution” (Irigaray) of Sophie Taeuber’s (1889-1943) dance performances at the Cabaret Voltaire and the Galerie Dada in 1916/17. This means that the movements from the static images informing the history of Dada art need to be re-imagined. It implies a rendering perceptible of Taeuber’s trained dancer’s body, its particular movements, and the quality of these movements. Through testimonies of contemporaries, it becomes clear that Taeuber not only dances in a costum… Show more

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