The anarchic Dada movement is the subject of continuing interest among literary and cultural studies scholars as well as among theater professionals. In Dada and Surrealist Performance Annabelle Melzer describes the founding of the movement among the Zurich performance collective known as the Cabaret Voltaire -- including Tristan Tzara, Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, Francois Picabia, and Wassily Kandinksy -- and traces its scandalous history through the rift in the 1920s that separated Dada, with its dedication to political provocation, from the more contemplative Surrealism.
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""A stimulating contribution that clarifies the origins of contemporary artistic movements." -- Streven
""A detailed attempt to reconstruct the performances of Dada and Surrealism and to explain their social and theoretical context." -- Theatre Quarterly
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Although there was much excitement in anticipation of Tristan Tzara's arrival in Paris, no one was waiting for him at the station. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dada actor, dada performer, surrealist sketch, premier vendredi, cherche une maison, simultaneous poem, surrealist performance, dada performance, dada manifestations, surrealist theatre, futurist performance, second spectator, beau soir, dada group, dada manifestos, surrealist film, surrealist group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cabaret Voltaire, Tristan Tzara, Philippe Soupault, Les Mamelles, Louis Aragon, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, New York, Dada Gallery, Salle Gaveau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, The Magnetic Fields, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Janco, Mary Wigman, Sophie Taeuber, Alfred Jarry, Arts du Spectacle, Francis Picabia, Hans Arp, Roger Vitrac, Ubu Roi, Benjamin Peret, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes New!
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Although there was much excitement in anticipation of Tristan Tzara's arrival in Paris, no one was waiting for him at the station. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dada actor, dada performer, surrealist sketch, premier vendredi, cherche une maison, simultaneous poem, surrealist performance, dada performance, dada manifestations, surrealist theatre, futurist performance, second spectator, beau soir, dada group, dada manifestos, surrealist film, surrealist group Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cabaret Voltaire, Tristan Tzara, Philippe Soupault, Les Mamelles, Louis Aragon, Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, New York, Dada Gallery, Salle Gaveau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, The Magnetic Fields, Jean Cocteau, Marcel Janco, Mary Wigman, Sophie Taeuber, Alfred Jarry, Arts du Spectacle, Francis Picabia, Hans Arp, Roger Vitrac, Ubu Roi, Benjamin Peret, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes New!
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- Ubu Roi (Dover Thrift Editions) by Alfred Jarry on 13 pages
- Magnetic Fields by Andre Breton on 7 pages
- Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky on 7 pages
- Sonia Delaunay by Arthur A. Cohen on 5 pages
- Memoirs of a Dada Drummer (Documents of Twentieth-Century Art) by Richard Huelsenbeck on 5 pages
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- The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance (Routledge Companions) by Paul Allain on page 86, page 142, and Back Matter
- The Explicit Body in Performance by Rebecca Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Explicit Body in Performance by Rebecca Schneider in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Messiah of the New Technique: John Howard Lawson, Communism, and American Theatre, 1923-1937 (Theater in the Americas) by Associate Professor Jonathan L Chambers in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Flight Out of Time: A Dada Diary (Documents of Twentieth Century Art) by Hugo Ball in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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