The Dada Movement Emerges at the Cabaret Voltaire

Article abstract: Dada demanded liberation from outmoded social conventions and challenged the traditional role of art, its subject matter, its modes of representation, and its boundaries.

Summary of Event

In the winter of 1915, the German writer Hugo Ball opened the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland. Having fled war-torn Germany in 1914 with his girlfriend, Emmy Hennings, Ball established a gathering place for writers, artists, and intellectuals to converse and perform impromptu dances, music, and poetry readings. He enlisted the help of several...

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