1. Heinrich von Kleist’s “Puppet Theatre”
Edited by: Dr. Kay Picart and Donna Gallagher
Based on a presentation by: Simone Maduro & Micah McMillan
17 May 2004

2. Key Terms
Primitivism:
Modernism:
Gesamtkunstwerk:

3. Summary of von Kleist Puppets as dancers Puppeteer as choreographer
Value of emotionless entities in dance/art

4. 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?