Heinrich von Kleist

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Heinrich von KleistsPuppet Theatre

• Edited by Dr. Kay Picart and Donna Gallagher
• Based on a presentation by Simone Maduro
  Micah McMillan

17 May 2004
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Key Terms

• Primitivism
• Modernism
• Gesamtkunstwerk

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Summary of von Kleist

• Puppets as dancers
• Puppeteer as choreographer
• Value of emotionless entities in dance/art

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Discussion questions

• Does von Kleist suggest that ignorance is bliss?
  What is the alternative to ignorance, in relation
  to attaining grace in movement?
• Would Cohen classify von Kleist as a primitivist,
  modernist, or neither? Why?