Giacomo Balla (1915 ) Patriotic Demonstration at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/snre/5115428124
Futurism
Initiated in Italy in the early 20th century and the aim was to capture the dynamism and energy of the modern world, denouncing the past. The movement started from the Manifesto and Foundation of Futurism by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1908. The manifest was a violent speech to embrace modernity in private and public life and had attacks against the traditional cultural institutions.
There was a series of Futurists manifestos where they theorised and enacted a radical association between art and life and it is considered by its contemporaries as the 1st original model of the historical avant-garde. They used performance strategies and happenings as a way to evoke strong reactions from the audience.
Versari, M. (2016) Futurism
Artists: Giacomo Balla / Umberto Boccioni / Gino Severini
Gino Severini, The Pan Pan At The Monico, 1959 at:
Umberto Boccioni (1911 ) The Laught. At: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Umberto_Boccioni_-_Laughter.jpg
Futurism in Dance
Dance helped the Futuristic goals as it is an art form in which employs movement and it is possible to encounter speed and dynamism. The dance during the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century
started to use the idea of technology in their pieces like Loie Fuller which inspired many Futurist artists.
The Futurism movement also had a large influence in dance where the dance was used to express the fusion between man and machine. The dancers entered a world of Pantomime where they represented the trajectories of bombs or the movement of aeroplanes.
A famous dancer within Futurism period was Giannina Censi performing an Aerofuturist Dance in 1931
Five Female Futurists Who Thrived During Art’s Most Misogynistic Movement http://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/10840/five-female-futurists-who-thrived-during-arts-most-misogynistic-movement