tracing O.S.
a performance in search of traces of Oskar Schlemmer
© photography Kiên Hoàng Lê
tracing O.S. is a transformation of Oskar Schlemmer's experimental Bauhaus stage into a contemporary costumed choreographic light concert. The piece is not a reinterpretation or reconstruction of Schlemmer's work, but a transfer of the artist's thoughts and experiences at the Bauhaus stage into the present media art, music and dance context.
The source of inspiration for the interdisciplinary expedition is Schlemmer's little-known diary notes and letters. It reveals the inner conflicts, whose conquest led to an artistic oeuvre without equal: painting or theatre, abstraction or figuration, human or technological. tracing O.S. takes up Schlemmer's interdisciplinary approach. In the interplay and dialogue of the disciplines dance, music, costume objects and light, a multi-layered staging emerges that deals with Oskar Schlemmer's ideas from today`s perspective.
concept, choreography, dance/ Eva Baumann
music, performance/ Klaus Janek
visual piano/ Kurt Laurenz Theinert
Uraufführung costume objects/ Katrin Wittig
premier
march 27th, 2015
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
guest performances 2015-2019
Uferstudios Berlin
Bauhaus Dessau/Bauhaus Stage
"Raumwelten.Platform for scenography, architecture and media" at the Academy of Performing Arts Ludwigsburg
Theater Rampe Stuttgart
FITZ! Theater animierter Formen Stuttgart
press reviews
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press review Stuttgarter Zeitung, click here
press review SWR radio Stuttgart, click here
press review Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, click here
press review Ludwigsburger Zeitung, click here
tracing O.S. is a production by Eva Baumann and is co-produced by the Bauhaus Dessau/Bauhaus Stage and the Produktionszentrum Tanz+Performance Stuttgart e.V. In cooperation with Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart. tracing O.S. was funded by the Innovationsfonds by the Ministry for Science, Research and Art in Baden -Württemberg, the Cultural Affairs Office for the City of Stuttgart, the Karin-Abt-Straubinger-Stiftung and the Daimler AG.