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The Week in Germany: Culture August 31, 2007 New Exhibition on Avant-Garde Dancer and Bauhaus Muse
Zeit mit Palucca: Photographs by Günter Bersch, an exhibition featuring
a series of photographs of the legendary avant-garde dancer and Bauhaus
muse Gret Palucca (1902-1993) at her famous Dresden dance school in 1986,
opens on Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, with a reception from 6:00 to 8:15 p.m.
at the German Historical Institute in Washington. The opening night program
also includes dance performances by Brigitta Herrmann and Mary Anne Santos
Newhall, of the Ausdruckstanz Dance Theater of Philadelphia and University
of New Mexico, respectively. In the 1920’s, Palucca garnered attention for her exuberant choreographic
style and she captivated Bauhaus artists, including Wassily Kandinsky
and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The art historian Rudolf Arnheim described a performance
of that time period as "a merry confusion of states of mind held
together only by the systematic exploration of the anatomy." In 1925,
she opened her own school of dance in Dresden, where she taught classes
and inspired young dancers until shortly before her death. Although East German cultural officials never warmed to her signature
style of expressive modern dance (Ausdruckstanz), they prized her
international reputation and allowed her an unusual degree of artistic
freedom. The Palucca series was taken by Günter Bersch, one of Germany’s
leading reportage photographers, and presented to her on the occasion
of her 85th birthday in 1987. The series was reported on in the GDR press
at the time, but remains virtually unknown today. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Reservations for the
opening are requested by phone at 202-387-3355 or via e-mail at events@ghi-dc.org. Zeit mit Palucca: Photographs by Günter Bersch will be on view
until Nov. 9, 2007. The German Historical Institute is open Monday through
Friday, 9:00-12:30 p.m. and 1:00-5:00 p.m. The Institute is located
at 1607 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC (Metro: Dupont Circle/Exit:
Q St. North). The exhibition is made possible by the Arnhold Foundation, New York,
and the opening reception is sponsored by the German Embassy. Links: |
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