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    In Abstract Dance, the dancer's body is important only in function as it gives motion only to the costumes that cover it. Different colors in costumes to create moods such as gay, majestic, fantastic etc. as well as the dancers forming shapes such as spheres, spirals, squares etc. against shiny and dull textures.

     Oscar Schlemmer, who was a painter by trade became a leader in this experimental dance when he composed his 'Triadic Ballet', which consisted of twelve abstract dances. These dances were grouped in threes, and the colors to
create the moods of gay (Yellow), Magestic (Pink) and Fantastic (Black) which would be expressed thru the movement of the dancers. Abstract or Absolute music has no reference to any kind of " subject matter," depending only on pure form for enjoyment

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1900's

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Exhibition
 

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Bauhaus in Weimar
           

Germany
                 
 

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1909 - Les sylphide (Fokine)
           

1925 - Triadic Ballet (Schlemmer)
           

1933 - Les Presages and Choreartium (Massine)
           

1941 - Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
           

1944 - Danses Consrttantes (Balanchine)
           

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Other Related Dances of the time...
Absolute Ballet Jazz Modern Skirt
 

Dancers, Choreographers etc.

Agnes DeMille

Josephine Baker

Michel Fokine

George Balanchine

Leonide Massine

Oscar Schlemmer
 

Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...

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Author

Date Published

Publisher

Dance Encyclopedia

Chujoy, Anatole

1949

A.S. Barnes & Co.

$ Absolute Theater and Dramatic Studies #21

Stein, Gertrude

1984

Umi Research Pr
 

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Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches

Absolute

Concerto

Free Dance

Triadic Ballet

Ballet

Eccentric

Jass (Jazz)

    

Adagio / Allegro

Expressive Dance

New Artistic Dance

    
 
 

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