Ernst Blass
Illustration — Image of Ernst Blass Ernst Blass (17 October 17, 1890, in Berlin – 23 January 23, 1939 in Berlin, (pseudonyms: Daniel Stabler and Erich Sternow) was an important expressionist poet, critic and writer. Blass was a close friend of Kurt Hiller and joined him in Der Neue Club, alongside other writers of early Expressionism, Georg Heym and Jakob van Hoddis. From 1911, he collaborated with the magazine Die Aktion, before distancing himself from Franz Pfemfert in 1914.
Ernst Blass
- Born
- 1890 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1939 · Jewish Hospital Berlin.
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- writer · poet · journalist · critic
- Fields
- literature · theatre criticism · film criticism
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Image of Ernst Blass Ernst Blass (17 October 17, 1890, in Berlin – 23 January 23, 1939 in Berlin, (pseudonyms: Daniel Stabler and Erich Sternow) was an important expressionist poet, critic and writer. Blass was a close friend of Kurt Hiller and joined him in Der Neue Club, alongside other writers of early Expressionism, Georg Heym and Jakob van Hoddis. From 1911, he collaborated with the magazine Die Aktion, before distancing himself from Franz Pfemfert in 1914.
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In Das Wesen der neuen Tanzkunst (The essence of the new dance art) Blass set out to identify abstract categories whereby "a new dance art" could be outlined. He described how the anthroposophical breathing methods taught at Loheland could transform the "marionette" into an animal form which could then leap in an ecstatic manner. In this he was responding to previous theories of dance, such as produced by Heinrich von Kleist who had written in 1807 a short text "Über dem Marionette Theater" according to which the dancer became a marionnette without either will or consciousness. In 1980 Thomas B. Schumann published a three volume collection of Blass' poetry (Volume 1), short stories (Volume 2) and various essays (Volume 3).
• 1912 Die Straßen komme ich entlang geweht • 1915 Die Gedichte von Trennung und Licht • 1918 Die Gedichte von Sommer und Tod • 1920 Über den Stil Stefan Georges • 1921 Das Wesen der neuen Tanzkunst • 1930 Der paradiesische Augenblick
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation poet. It is also recorded that ernst Blass is recorded with the occupation journalist. Institutional cataloguing adds that ernst Blass is recorded with the occupation theatre critic. It is also recorded that ernst Blass is recorded with the occupation film critic. Recorded with the occupation critic. Institutional cataloguing adds that ernst Blass is recorded as a citizen of German Reich. It is also recorded that ernst Blass is recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that ernst Blass was born on 17 October 1890. Blass died on 23 January 1939. Institutional cataloguing adds that ernst Blass worked at Berlin. Blass worked at Heidelberg. Institutional cataloguing adds that ernst Blass is recorded with the occupation writer.
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- 1.Spiegel. Ernst Blass Leben und Werk - Projekt Gutenberg. gutenberg.spiegel.de.
- 2.Heinz Schöffler, Der jüngste Tag. Die Bücherei einer Epoche, Frankfort, Verlag Heinrich Scheffler, 1970
- 3.Toepfer, Karl. Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935. University of California. 1997.
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