Kurt Jooss is one of the best dancers in this contemporary world, whose most important achievement is that he made the dramatic expression in ballet. Joose introduced the dramatic expressions into ballet in his best work, 'The Green Table' and opened ...
Kurt Jooss is one of the best dancers in this contemporary world, whose most important achievement is that he made the dramatic expression in ballet. Joose introduced the dramatic expressions into ballet in his best work, 'The Green Table' and opened a new genre in dance. He is counted as a contributor who expressed what he felt in himself.
Through the study and analysis of the dramatic expressions of 'The Green Table', the expressionist dance at the beginning of 20C was governed by the historical flow. Just as the German artists of the beginning of 20C, Jooss corresponded to the pressure of the period on life. His concern was to reflect the German expressionist phenomena in the artistic desire. He shared the expressionism of beginning of 20C with the German artists. He devoted himself to human life directly influenced by the tendency of German expressionism Jooss was influenced by the action theory of Laban and tide of expressionism, so created his unique style. He was interested in the sincere concern on the human life and in the expression of ideal union of thought and expression through the action treating social problems objectively. Thus his excellent approach was based on the strong expressionist power that displays the internal state.
Humor, irony, wit, and true drama are the tools of expression of Jooss. He breathed with the pure actions. So they became the main parts of 'The Green Table'. 'The Green Table' expressed war and death and war brought about loss, destruction and death. In ballet, each action deliver its meaning wth dramatic value and internal drive. The dramatic expression was most important in the main actions that deliver the essence of characters, his emotions and actions, and the social relations with others.
Jooss had his own unique philosophy to understand what he would express.