New ballet piece in Chemnitz: The life of the painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff on the stage free press

The war, the soldiers, they come all in black, they move irresistibly, synchronously, mechanically, sometimes like an octopus-like animal that rolls across the land. The men in black drive out the life, drive out the colors. Only a threatening red envelops the stage, along with a constant sound of dull beats. As a spectator you can…