The green table-anti war ballet

(overall introduction of The Green Table)
The Green Table is the masterpiece of German choreographer Kurt Jooss, and his most popular work, depicting the futility of peace negotiations of the 1930s. It was the first play to be fully notated using Labanotation (we have covered it on class :) ) . It is in the repertoire of ballet companies worldwide, where it has been staged by Jooss himself. 
The Green Table
Choreography: Kurt Jooss
Music: Fritz Cohen
Design: Hein Heckroth

Scene shot from The Green Table (PHOTO: Marty Sohl)

History:
The Green Table was created in 1932 in Paris, in which Jooss had been invited to participate. The originality of the piece won him the first prize and marked an important step in his career.The Green Table is concerned neither with the individual's struggles and redemption, nor with working out a nobler fate for mankind. Jooss dramatizes the way destructive impulses are released, and shows us the consequences.
He left Essen in Germany, where since 1927 he had directed the Folkwangschule dance department and experimental dance group and, since 1930, the ballet company of the Opera as well. He founded the Ballet Jooss( a new name of the Folkwang Tanzubunhe) , a private company which toured Europe and performed his dances, including The Green Table.

Outline of The Green Table:
It's basically eight dancers dance around a green table that's why they named it. The dancers are masked  because the original dancer include female role of dancers. The music is choose interesting by the composer and the dancers of two sides are never touched. 

At the end of tape Kurt Jooss said " I am firmly convinced that art should never be political, that art should not dream of altering peoples convictions... I don't think any war will be shorter or avoided by sending audiences into "The Green Table." 

These are two videos that we have watched in class 

Here is another version