CABARET VOLTAIRE
The Cabaret Voltaire was the name of a night-club in Zurich. Founded by famous Dadaist, Hugo Ball, along with Emmy Hennings in 1916. It was a Cabaret for Artistic and Political Purposes. It provided a safe haven for visual artists and poets to express their work freely.
During the first World War, Switzerland was Neutral, because of his neutrality, Artists fled from all over the world amongst the other refugees in the world. This caused the (to be) Dadaists to congregate, thus giving birth to the Cabaret Voltaire and in turn, the whole Dadaist movement.
The press release which accompanied the opening of the night club read:
"Cabaret Voltaire, under this name a group of young artists and writers has been formed whose aim is to create a centre for artistic entertainment. The idea of the Cabaret will be the guest artists will come and give musical performances and readings at the daily meetings. The young artists of Zurich, whatever their orientation, are invited to come along with suggestions and contributions of all kinds" - Zurich, February 2nd, 1916.
The Cabaret wasn't just for the visually artistic, but also featured; Dance, Music, Spoken Word, Poetry and many more. The constant experimenting into the arts meant that the Dada Movement was constantly pushing the boundaries of the expected Art at the time.
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