Bauhaus Ballet: A Dance of Geometry

[@an_idiot4777]

Those costumes are STUNNING! I know they are weird but my god they look amazing

[@cold.raviolis]

I love when ballet goes out of its comfort zone every once in a while

[@ephemeralmiracles]

Yeah like once in a century or less lol

[@grant1237]

they say it throws away useless decorations...so they put two freakin huge balls on their arms..not useless at all

[@levvl11]

grant123 yeah, it's not really bauhaus is it? they just used basic shapes and called it bauhaus

[@r.o.2630]

Hi @grant123 , The forms, unlike the tiara for example, have a significant impact on the way they move and on the way their movements are perceived by the audience. The tiara is there only as a narrative reinforcement (for princesses) and as part of the set decoration; these giant globes around their hand serve the dance itself. I think that was Schlemmer intention.

[@r.o.2630]

Hi @Dead Sarcasm , The original looked pretty much the same.

[@marykeohane200]

🤣😂

[@johnjungkook2721]

grant123 The tiara is just a convention passed down from the tradition of representing royalty in ballet. So it in not specific to Schlemmer's ballet, and therefore not useful to it. So, the tiaras are useless while the specific ball decorations are not.

[@terrastarr6850]

They all look so lovely! Like characters out of a strange book

[@TheStrawberryFreak]

I saw them live and it was truly amazing... nothing like anything I’d seen before. I wasn’t bored for a second!

[@pippinnnn]

2:33 my anxiety vs me

[@njuta]

giddy-up!

[@kingzeeki5654]

jackaboi it’s my last two brain cells working on math

[@nathanielouzana]

Go watch the second act of Ligeti's "Le Grand Macabre", I think it'll be more suiting ;P

[@pippinnnn]

@@nathanielouzana hgfgdhs you're right

[@kingzeeki5654]

Nathaniel Ouzana oh my god that’s me when my depression hits 😂😂

[@AvitalShtap]

Bauhaus is such a fantastic aesthetic! Wish it would return to animation and cartoons. Such a unique visual.

[@EliteXtasy]

Looks fun, but I wish they performed a story.

[@charlietam4761]

Every dance has a story

[@AvitalShtap]

You should look up "Victory over the Sun!" This is a Futurist opera (bauhaus-like) with an extremely weird and frightening plot.

[@RobGodMC]

Mostly the dances have a Story but the viewer normally is in charge to work that out for themself.

[@lookatdahand8084]

"Ze square, ze circle, ze triangle"

[@sima3445]

He's not german but has kinda german accent.

[@coleen9278]

Tbh I'd love to watch this

[@johnnybadboy3475]

I like how he thinks the giggling by the audience is from the actors’ movements and not their costumes. But honestly, this guy has a lot of spirit, and I can say he is commendable, at the least.

[@yvonnetomenga5726]

👍 Thanks for sharing. KZbin has shown me traditional ballet with comic elements (e.g., one dancer always behind or a ballerina getting the men to do cleaning) but this is the first I've seen where the costumes take you beyond the amazement of the athleticism and grace of traditional ballet. The whole ballet must be truly something that makes you think outside the box of daily living. Thanks again.

[@missmr4859]

As a dancer who performs primarily ballet and contemporary works, this is very new and innovative to me. I really enjoy the concept. The thing is, I look for technique whenever I watch others dance, and part of a good costume for anything dance, in my opinion and experiences at least, is flexibility and it not being restrictive. I feel like it’s a very very good concept, but from the looks of this I feel like the end results are subpar to my expectations. When I have more time, I’ll research this, as I know it can still beneficially influence both my technique and choreography, even though the actual dance isn’t exactly my cup of tea.

[@leonorlps9967]

Hi miss mr! I am glad you brought this up, and I would like to share some of my thoughts on this subject if you don't mind :) The aim of this piece is not to show technical virtuosity, flexibility, or impeccable ballet skills, that is what modern dance, classical and neo-classical ballet are for. This modernist "ballet" has a much deeper conceptual dimension to it that, in my opinion, surpasses any physical mastery. The fact that the costumes restrict the dancers and make them look as if they were geometric forms is essential to the piece, it questions the human form and human behavior. At the same time, it questions design and architecture, and how it is apparently conected with a still object and often dissociated with life, or seen as an accessory to life. As a dancer myself, I find that one of the biggest problems with contemporary dance nowadays, is the concern with the athletic, with the ever-moving, flowing body, and the entertainment of the public, and the artistic purpose of it is forgotten. Dance can be stillness, dance can be walking and breathing. To see someone implicated in the act of dancing as a statement, as a political manifesto, to me, is far more powerful than seeing someone just dancing and lifting their legs high up. For me that is not dance, that is a sport. I hope this gives you another insight to the possibilities of dance, which are endless! I also love ballet technique, and it's amazing to see that it can be associated with such modernist, avant-garde creations like Triadic Ballet. All best!

[@boo9113]

I actually think this is pretty cool

[@cheem-creem3622]

0:50 "Throw away useless decoration" Proceeds to install giant balls on hands

[@mnf2139]

Theyre useful to bonk someone

[@autumnwoodfall4471]

It's like in the night garden on weed. I love it.

[@adobo2k470]

Abstract art in real life. Huh...

[@bookmilla8616]

Boba Fett Ballet is already art.

[@mehnazfarzin7661]

This looks like someone's nightmare

[@TheGranti7a]

Mehnaz Farzin Life between two world wars, in the countries where those wars were fought... What might your hopes and dreams have been like? Walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

[@alexandermoon6349]

TheGranti7a they weren't saying it was everyone's nightmare just someone's I think your the one who needs to walk in someone else's shoe's!

[@MrJonnycas]

TheGranti7a that is the most over the top reaction to a comment

[@jayviescas7703]

In the early 80s Bette Milder used very similar costumes and choreography for a section of her Art or Bust tour and HBO special.

[@sophiewroteacomment]

I remember learning this in school. The entire class thought it was weird, except for that one artsy girl xD

[@honeybee1256]

I NEED MORE OF THIS!!!!

[@swisski]

Sorry Family eat more modestly so that I can make more costumes, said Herr Schlemmer, which ironically means gourmet/gourmand.

[@liizzset]

Very intriguing and interesting. One day I should watch one of these performances.

[@ItsJJOLO]

_I find this highly mesmerizing in some ways._

[@grummhd3020]

thank you!

[@CaptileTactileLuke]

Me making a Halloween costume last second.

[@DragonRidingHood]

Now I just need to animated this and we can take it to a whole new level

[@johnbehneman1546]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. A TOTALLY AWSOME VIDEO!!!!

[@SuperKasper333]

Prima!! How wonderful!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

What.....is that? Those performers must be high.

[@BabsChannel]

This is what happens when artists get tired of limited forms of expression. But yes, some of them may very well be high.

[@rubenhaak2968]

It's called art and you get a lot of money I mean really much

[@BabsChannel]

Ruben Haak lol, I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but art is totally subjective.

[@rubenhaak2968]

syz·y·gy I meant the other guy but I know a lot of artists do drugs but the actors don't

[@BabsChannel]

Ruben Haak You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?

[@alice_riestra]

Cool very cool ballet 👀👍good for u

[@nancyvanderstein4009]

This is crazy beautiful. I want a Bauhaus car designed just for me. Wouldn’t that be a trip?

[@astrodreamer946]

I mean no offense when I say "This is probably one of the weirdest things I've ever seen". I just can't find beauty in this. It's just "too" unusual for me. It may be "art", I can respect that, but to me that doesn't make it beautiful. Respect for the dancers though. That would be humiliating for me, but they seem to enjoy it. Good for them.

[@yungboy4216]

AstroDreamer well beauty is subjective so what you find ugly others will find beautiful That's what is so great about art, it doesn't need to match the aesthetic preferences of everyone

[@adamcunningham8675]

AstroDreamer successful art isn’t always supposed to be beautiful. it doesn’t even have to be aesthetically pleasing. the fact that that’s the basis by which you judge art is probably why you can’t see the artistic merit of this

[@astrodreamer946]

MrAwesome172 and Adam Cunningham: I respect the fact that artistic taste and the definition of beauty varies from person to person. I respect the dancers for their performance. I respect the costume creators vision and creative ability. I'm not insulting anyone, or at least not trying to, but I think I'm in the majority when I say that these costumes aren't eye catching or "aesthetically pleasing". Yes, everyone has their own taste, making it subjective; everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in this case, I think those are just bizarre. It's definitely abstract, to say the least.

[@adamcunningham8675]

AstroDreamer it’s not supposed to be aesthetically pleasing or eye catching. did you watch the video? they highlighted at the very end how the crowd laughing was a reflection of what the creator envisioned when he made the art form. what you’re doing is like focusing in on the cinematography of a comedy movie

[@graup1309]

I feel like people need to understand that on from the turn of the century, art and 'being beautiful' don't really follow the same path any more. The only exceptions to this are maybe architecture and fashion, but most other art forms actually aspired to be 'ugly' in order to challenge the audience's world view. I mean, look at 12-tone music or the art of noises or Dadaism. That stuff doesn't sound or look nice. But it does carry a message and that's why I love art especially from that era. Welcome to my Ted talk.

[@emiv592]

They look like balletdancers who got akumatized. This is amazing

[@honeyybun3134]

I would of not have clicked on this video if it was about ballet but it was about this I clicked it

[@imt7345]

Omg I’m a ballerina, this is so cool!

[@imageez]

Imagine a parallel universe where this become a Barbie movie along with the Nutcracker and the Swan Lake

[@unwantedcucumber]

Wow... that's weird

[@gracewenzel]

At 1:37 you can hear a short snippet of Gershwin’s Second Prelude!

[@bozenaw8384]

OMG !! Its really great !!!

[@fabiooriebir258]

extraordinary, I love it, Bravíssimo!

[@VizelleG]

i watched it and it was realllyyyyy gooodddd

[@chuggingigibytes3663]

The filmed version from the 70's is available to watch on KZbin if anyone is interested- Das Triadische Ballet, it runs about a half hour long. Trippy shit.

[@gaurav.13]

"Nutcracker maybe comes to mind, or even Swan Lake, but probably not this"... Well I can see why!

[@Cylume.]

Reminds me of the New Order "True Faith" video.

[@ranalau24]

Actually, the "True Faith"video was inspired in the Triadisches ballett

[@jentlejd]

First thing I thought of as well!

[@treehouse2902]

It's strange, and interesting, and very creative. The only thing it needs is background. It seems all the attention is given to the costume and our eyes go there, but would be nice if they make it less circus like and more with stories and purpose behind the movements.

[@Dolores5000]

Lovely!!

[@ZeacorZeppelin]

I wish there was a musical recording and film recording of the ballet I could see it and hear it in its entirety

[@ranalau24]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3m0nqGrotOBndE

[@uniteto0o0o]

whyy do people in the comments say bad things about this? it's quite nice and expressive..

[@yungboy4216]

peanutbutterismyjam because some people are pussies who can't handle anything different

[@TheNesbittExperience]

Amazing!

[@NotAMathGuy]

if a clown mathematician, physician marries a ballet person

[@ostrichnoodles.]

Awesome!

[@rihannaun4197]

this is cool

[@brandonjustis]

i knew this looked familiar. i saw the 1970 film at the whitney museum's "dreamlands" exhibit.

[@bolshet.8880]

This is stunning; but at the same time I feel like it'll give me nightmares.

[@ephemeralmiracles]

Good video, only one note on the use of word minimalistic (minimalism etc), please don't use it for everything with simple forms (I know that's become its use nowadays) but as an architecture student I get that reminded a lot by my teachers, to use it more wisely, modern as well, Bauhaus is modern.

[@Orfeus3000]

‘ Throw away useless decorations’... here put these gigantic orbs on your arms... hahahahaha

[@andreazima]

LOVE IT

[@maggiee.3297]

Is this just one ballet or is it a whole style? Because the dancing itself seems to me like regular ballet (if a bit contemporary ballet), it's just the costumes that are different

[@parthajitbarman1640]

can somebody tell me the name of the magical tune played in the initial 4 secs?

[@celineshaw9841]

Interesting!

[@faxx8832]

Art - modern art Ballet - this

[@emilysale496]

The thumbnail had me dead

[@nativelatinosfucktrump3055]

ART

[@feifeichiam]

Entertaining!

[@CottageAcademia12]

That costume make me worst nightmare

[@blufilmsesa]

"We want to throw away the useless stuff like tutus and tiaras...." --> *Proceeds to add huge ass balls to dancer's arms.

[@mr.personhumanson6871]

If the furnitures in Beauty and the Beast were of Bahaus design.

[@firenationfiles2063]

Ballet- *MODERNIZED*

[@shabina8527]

Fire Nation Files This is actually older than the swan lake and all those classics.

[@littlekiwi9724]

Fun!

[@jentlejd]

Was this in a New Order video?

[@juno9023]

imagine watching this as a kid 😂

[@naiahlewis7356]

It’s crazy how everyone just thinks ballet is all soft all the time. Like no it’s not just the nutcracker and swan lake. There’s thousands of pieces all different

[@nikkia2452]

Him: "Think of ballet... Maybe Nutcracker comes to mind." Me: Nope... Pain. But this is pretty cool, scary, but cool

[@johnbehneman1546]

THE BAUHAUS SCHOOL COVERED MANY AREAS OF EDUCATION.

[@likira111]

"costumes wich would throw away useless decorations" * shows giant fucking orbs on wrists *

[@marrinf332]

Reminds me of Merce Cunningham’s modern style

[@rediponto9588]

In my opinion the idea of Bauhaus is only good when relates to architecture or furniture

[@jong9992]

Jena TH and watches

[@areliaguilar9497]

Good thing it's only an opinion.

[@Lifelessfreak101]

This reminds me of the star trek: voyager episode

[@bfmb79]

1:28 The Michelin Man must have gone on a diet!!!!

[@saniyam6439]

Why am I watching this at 1am

[@allen8376]

1:28 I swear that's orange

[@Darling0204]

they just made it more difficult to stretch in ballet costumes

[@ethanlai2050]

I’m confused what is ballet

[@stefanrogers9091]

It's that thing where there's a bear riding around in a little car.

[@strangerguy6495]

high people doing high people stuff

[@bookmilla8616]

You don’t know what ballet is?...

[@ethanlai2050]

BookMilla I do but I’m confused does this count as ballet ?

[@maremlacnik7468]

Read some books!

[@linelledutoit4380]

Excuse me while I go replace my nightmare fuel with a certain 2.52 minute video

[@maksymiakymovych2301]

This is what all modern Germany and German is about - get rid of all 'decorations' (even though they make art feel like art) and just put geometry and mechanics (or money and profit if talking policy) over everything else... Life does need excessive decorations sometimes, especially life in Germany :-)

[@gkvscq]

Sign me up!

[@rolandogarcia4641]

When your high

[@luizavazquez7029]

Rolando Garcia what about my high?

[@robinlaurence6284]

Looks like the acid trip of someone with a clown phobia. I’m into it, man!

[@isabelwang2372]

i'm going to get nightmares tonight

[@jul_luth5211]

I saw this at SLAM

[@mitsuyamorrison1704]

no offense I think it is creepy This is something that would give me nightmares but this is very interesting as well love the content

[@t-retros.m.l4256]

The only people in the world who can kill you with their toes in 1000 ways

[@GiGaSzS]

I was never a fan of extremism. Bauhaus style fits extremism definition :) Not to mention how many problems bauhaus buildings have because of natural environment. Or how uncomfortable is bauhaus furniture. And the bauhaus ballet looks more like a light form of circus show.

[@nara97]

I'm from Bavaria

[@marcellvillas10]

Quem veio pela aula de artes???

[@realRickSanchez]

This is just weird for the sake of being unique, at this pace classical art will never be topped.

[@therhythmictale5574]

Picasso would be proud...

[@sarahhayden5231]

If Balanchine was high 😂😥👌

[@Alice-gc4yw]

I found this so funny

[@rumblefish9]

Looks like a New Order video (True Faith)