Meta | Mor | Phos – a triadic fiction (2022)

Meta | Mor | Phos – a triadic fiction is a sequel to Oskar Schlemmer’s 1922 Triadic Ballet, an icon of dance and performance art.  Schlemmer’s ballet oriented itself towards a man-machine symbiosis.  Meta | Mor | Phos redirects itsef to an existential connection to the the natural world through the metamorphosis of insects.  Structured in three parts (larva, pupa, imago) with a prologue and epilogue, the 45-minute work reimagines Schlemmer’s classic for the 21st century.

Hedwig Dances and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation co-produced Meta | Mor | Phos, which was created for the 100th anniversary of the Triadic Ballet.  Meta | Mor | Phos is choreographed by Hedwig Dances’ artistic director Jan Bartoszek, with dramaturgy by Bauhaus Research Associate Torsten Blume.  The dance features authentic reproductions of costumes designed by Bauhaus artist and stage director Oskar Schlemmer, as well as newly designed costumes by Torsten Blume and Chicago artist Jacky Kelsey, fabricated by the Chicago Puppet Studio (a program of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival).  Patricia Taxxon composed the score, with additional music and sound design by Richard Woodbury.