Kurt Jooss The Green Table: horrors and fear (the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago)

Kurt Jooss The Green Table is one of the masterpieces of twentiethcentury dance. Its message of the futile, relentless tragedy of war is universal in its humanitarian appeal. Jooss created The Green Table for a choreographic competition in Paris, and the mood of postWorld War I Germany helped to shape his concept. Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: Jooss original sketches for a personal solo based on the medieval Dance of Death yielded to his conviction that a second world war was brewing under the increasingly pervasive influence of Hitler and his National Socialists. Deaths solo became instead the vortex of a ballet for his full company about the cyclical recurrence of war, its impact on humanity and the evil cynicism of those who bring it about for power, pride or profit the Gentlemen in Black. Within months of winning first prize The Green Table was an international success. Joosss vision and his intransigent