DANCE THE BAUHAUS

The Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany is known worldwide as an avant-garde Workshop school for architecture, art and design. Less well know n is the fact that the school also had a tradition of dance, where a focus was placed on the question of form and space. Characteriz ed with names like Form Dance, Glass Dance, Metall Dance, Stick Dance and Space Dance, the experimental dances were especially perfo rmed during Bauhaus festivals, while the Bauhaus band played a mix of Jazz and traditional German folk music.