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Article: Artists rediscover Bauhaus
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 3, 1986
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Most Chicagoans at least recognize the word Bauhaus, that label
given to a revolutionary group of architects, artists and craftsmen
who gathered in Germany in the early 20th century. Architect Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe, one of the Bauhaus's greatest stars, settled in
Chicago after the Nazis closed down the community, and buildings by
him and his imitators are scattered all over town.
But even Chicagoans who know the Bauhaus well probably aren't
aware that it had a thriving dance and musical life. This weekend,
the Columbia College Dance Center will be the showcase for a group
called the Bauhaus Dances of Oskar Schlemmer. The four-member, New
York-based company will perform nine dances by ...