The Green Table: A Dance of Death

June 19, 2011 4:03 PM

Kurt Jooss' lament for the futility of war, The Green Table: A Dance of Death in Eight Scenes is a masterpiece of modern dance that premiered in 1932--just month's before Hitler's rise to power would propel Europe inexorably toward chaos for the second time in as many generations. A performance by the Joffrey Ballet is available on YouTube in five parts.

Part One -- Part Two -- Part Three -- Part Four -- Part Five

posted by jefficator (1 comment total)

The actual table scene is incredible, the other 'workers of the world' and battle scenes are more interesting in an art history sense, but very worth a view. I saw the original Joffery production a number of years ago, they did incredible research and managed to get input from some original performers.
posted by sammyo at 4:52 PM on June 19, 2011