# Asta Mollerup

> Asta Malthea Mollerup was a Danish dance teacher who was one of the first to introduce the Danes to modern dance, a new trend which was inspired by the American dancer Isadora Duncan and the German choreographer Mary Wigman. From 1914, she ran her own dancing school for children in Copenhagen and in 1927 she founded the Asta Mollerup School for Female Dancers. Apart from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, it was Denmark's only dancing school.

*Danish modern dancer and educator*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Educator
- **Category:** Educators
- **Country:** Denmark
- **Born:** 1881-05-22
- **Died:** 1945-09-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Asta Malthea Mollerup was a Danish dance teacher who was one of the first to introduce the Danes to modern dance, a new trend which was inspired by the American dancer Isadora Duncan and the German choreographer Mary Wigman. From 1914, she ran her own dancing school for children in Copenhagen and in 1927 she founded the Asta Mollerup School for Female Dancers. Apart from the Royal Danish Academy of Music, it was Denmark's only dancing school.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 23.6

## Sources
- [Asta Mollerup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asta_Mollerup)
- [Моллеруп, Аста](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%2C_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0)
- [Asta Mollerup](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asta_Mollerup)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12302376)

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