The Facts
Thaddaeus Ropac presents TANZ!, an exhibition examining the reciprocal relationship between dance and visual art across more than 150 years. Beginning with Edgar Degas's dancers, the survey proceeds through the international avant-garde to contemporary practice and includes live performances. Featured artists include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Schlemmer, Georg Kolbe, Lavinia Schulz, Marie Laurencin, Alexandra Exter, Emma Amos, and Eva Helene Pade. The exhibition positions the dancing body as a catalyst for artistic creation while bringing themes of body ideals, identity, and gender into discussion.
The Signal
The exhibition underscores the persistent influence of choreography and movement on visual art, from Degas's early modernism to the performance-driven practices of today. By pairing historical figures with contemporary names and including live performances, TANZ! reflects a broader curatorial turn toward interdisciplinary and experiential programming. For collectors and curators, the show offers a framework for understanding how the dancing body has served as a vehicle for debates on identity and representation across generations.
- Artists: Edgar Degas, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Oskar Schlemmer, Georg Kolbe, Lavinia Schulz, Marie Laurencin, Alexandra Exter, Emma Amos, Eva Helene Pade
- Galleries: Thaddaeus Ropac
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