In the wake of Germany's military defeat and the subsequent economic collapse, politics in the country had become increasingly polarised: Hans Weidt became an active member of an artistic left-wing movement. He was an active participants in the Hamburg Uprising which erupted in October 1923. He identified himself as a member of the working class and he wanted to dance on working class themes for working class audiences. His dancing was "not so much about expressionism or some such aesthetic movement, but a kind of "Agitprop art" - political propaganda - which still needed to be completely convincing artistically. [Their] purpose was to find an appropriate and contemporary format