Zaum, Choreography by Josephine A. Zmolek and Paul Zmolek Costumes by Rhonda Weller-Stilson Scenery by Dennis Seyer Lighting by Kenneth Cole.

Zaum is a dance work inspired by the futurist and early modernist philosophers, writers, artists, choreographers, and musicians who worked in the first part of the twentieth century. The musical score mimics the sound world created by composer George Antheil in his Ballet Mecanique: multiple pianos, percussion, and industrial noises. In addition to music, the score makes use of spoken words, mostly based on the writings of the early modernists and futurists. The work is broken into 13 sections as follows:

 1. Foundation and Manifesto of Futurism: P.T. Marinetti

 2. Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony: Ezra Pound

 3. The Arts of Noises: Luigi Russolo

 4. Missing Link: Graffiti, bathroom wall

 5. A Slap in the Face of the Public Taste: Khlebnikov, etc.

 6. Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony (part II): Ezra Pound

 7. Terpsichore: Michael Praetorius

 8. The Art of Spiritual Harmony: Kandinsky

 9. Memoirs of an Amnesiac: Erik Satie

 10. Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony (part III): Ezra Pound

 11. Urfuge (Homage to Kurt Schwitters): Anonymous

 12. Passions: Mayakovsky

 13. Goodworld: Khlebnikov

 The music was mostly created using midi controlled synthesized sound (in keeping with Antheil's interest in machine controlled music) with the addition of some sampled piano sounds, sampled industrial noises, and sampled voices.

Zaum, Finale: Goodworld (excerpt).