1985
DOI: 10.2307/1478215
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Zurich Dada and Dance: Formative Ferment

Abstract: Zurich Dada had a profound impact on twentieth-century dance, bringing new possibilities to a rapidly changing field. The Dadaist performance ideas were mainly drawn from pre-World War I artistic movements-Futurism, Expressionism and Cubism. Coming together during World War I in Zurich, the artists and writers who made up the group found themselves loosely unified in a desire to destroy traditional forms of expression and build a society based on a purer vision encompassed in new artistic forms. The intensity … Show more

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“…PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY VOL 4 (2) (2019) 1 Since the picture of Taeuber dancing was left without date and location, art historians have been assuming that her performance took place either in Cabaret Voltaire in 1916(e.g., Foster 2003and Bargues 2017 or in Galerie Dada in 1917 (e.g., Prevots 1985 andMair 2013), sometimes mentioning both dates as a reference (Andrew 2014) as we also do in this contribution: 1916/17.…”
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“…PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY VOL 4 (2) (2019) 1 Since the picture of Taeuber dancing was left without date and location, art historians have been assuming that her performance took place either in Cabaret Voltaire in 1916(e.g., Foster 2003and Bargues 2017 or in Galerie Dada in 1917 (e.g., Prevots 1985 andMair 2013), sometimes mentioning both dates as a reference (Andrew 2014) as we also do in this contribution: 1916/17.…”
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“…2 Some historians attribute the mask to Marcel Janco (Foster 2003, Hemus 2007, Burkhalter 2014, while other scholars such as Prevots (1985) and fellow Dadaists (Tzara) attributed it to Hans Arp. In this article, we will build on the assumption that Janco produced the mask (Hemus 2007, 93 andBurkhalter 2014, 228).…”
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