In this chronology I will try to make a day to day account of the activities of dadaists in the cities Barcelona, Berlin, Hannover, Köln, New York, Paris, Zürich and the country Holland.
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January Zürich Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings establish the Arabella-ensemble and tour with it. Plans for cabaret. Deals with Ephraim. Zürich 19 January: Ephraim asks permit for 'Künstlerkneipe'. Zürich 28 January: Permit allowed. Zürich January-February: furnishing of Cabaret Voltaire. February Zürich 5 February: opening 'Künstlerkneipe Voltaire'. Zürich 8 February: tristan Tzara invents the term 'dada' "au moyen d'un coupe-papier glissé dans un dictionaire". Zürich 6, 7 & 12 February: 3 soirées in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 26-27 February: first performance of Richard Huelsenbeck in Cabaret Voltaire. March Zürich Spring: opening dancing school Laban. Zürich 1 March: Evening with recitals of Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 4 March: Russian soirée. Last Russian performance in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 9 March: Evening with recitals in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich Mid March: Hugo Ball pleads for rest. Zürich 16 March: Walter Serner attacks 'Narrheiten vor der Neuen' in 'Sirius' nr. 6. Zürich 18 March: French evening in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 23 March: Carnaval festivities with futuristic activities in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 26 March: Recital of Hugo Ball in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 30 March: Dancing evening with cabaret in Cabaret Voltaire. April Zürich Foundation of '(Künstler-) Gesellschaft Voltaire'. International exposition in Cabaret Voltaire. Publication of anthology and magazine. Richard Huelsenbeck is against organisation. tristan Tzara begins writing letters to other artist groups. Zürich 2 April: Contact with Laban his dancers. Zürich 2/11 April: soirées in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 18 April: Hugo Ball mentions 'dada' for the first time in his diary. May Zürich 1 May: 'Sirius' stops by lack of money. Zürich 31 May: Huge soirée of the 'K-G Voltaire'. Official publication of the magazine Cabaret Voltaire. June Zürich Expostitions in Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich 23 June: First sound poems recited by Hugo Ball. Zürich Emmy Hennings wants to perform with a cabaret program. July Zürich 14 July: "Première soirée Dada." in the Zunfthaus zur 'Waag'. First dada performance outside Cabaret Voltaire. Zürich For the first time Hugo Ball breaks up with dada for a cabaret tour. Zürich 28 July: Publishing date of Tzara's 'La première aventure céleste de Mr Antipyrine'. August Zürich Publishing of Richard Huelsenbeck's 'Schalaben shalabai schalamezomai' in Collection Dada. September Zürich Publishing of Richard Huelsenbeck's 'Phantastische Gebeten' in Collection Dada. October Zürich In several lettres Hugo Ball comfirms his aversion with dadaïsm. Zürich 3 October: Hans Arp, Marcel Janco en tristan Tzara ask Hugo Ball to return. Zürich End of OctoberHugo Ball returns. December Zürich 3 December: Opening of Galerie Corray. Zürich End of December: Richard Huelsenbeck returns to Germany.