Hedwig Dances, Bauhaus combine for ‘Triadic Ballet’ sequel

Dancers rehearse “META | MOR | PHOS — A Triadic Fiction”, a co-production between Hedwig Dances and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, choreographed by Hedwig Dances founder and artistic director Jan Bartoszek, at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Although Oskar Schlemmer’s “Triadic Ballet” might be little remembered by the broader public today, dance cognoscenti and cultural historians hold up the 1922 German work as an icon of the 20th-century avant-garde and an important outgrowth of the Bauhaus modernist movement.

Area audiences will have a chance to learn about this historic creation and see its continuing influence up close when Chicago-based Hedwig Dances presents the American premiere of what is billed as a sequel, “META/MOR/PHOS — A Triadic Fiction.”