La Dada - King Deer

La Dada - King Deer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 25, 2016

Runtime

0h 6m

Original Title

La Dada – König Hirsch

Director

Anka Schmid

Description

LA DADA – KING DEER is a filmic ode to the artist Sophie Taeuber (1889 – 1943) and to her dadaistic work. A dancer and a singer perform a duet with Taeuber’s marionettes and revive Dada as a collective art – still fresh and experimental after 100 years of its appearance. The masking of dancer and singer bring to mind the courage of Sophie Taeuber. Despite the threat of dismissal from the School of Applied Arts she continued performing as a dadaist – henceforth, dancing with mask and pseudonym.