# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-jooss
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:25:56.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kurt-jooss"
name: "Kurt Jooss"
slug: "kurt-jooss"
description: "Kurt Jooss was a famous German ballet dancer and choreographer mixing classical ballet with theatre; he is also widely regarded as the founder of Tanztheater. Jooss is noted for establishing several dance companies, including most notably, the Folkwang Tanztheater, in Essen."
tagline: "German dancer, choreographer and influential art dance educator (1901-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurt_Jooss.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1901-01-12"
deathDate: "1979-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.42322
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7819881/"
    handle:    "nm7819881"
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    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "کورت جوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Jooss"
    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Йосс, Курт"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Jooss"
    title: "Kurt Jooss"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump