Karin Waehner
French choreographer (1926-1999) · France · On the map · Died at 72
Karin Waehner was a German-born dancer and choreographer who is remembered for bringing modern dance to France after settling in Paris in the early 1950s. Initially a pupil of Mary Wigman in Leipzig, she received further training in Paris from choreographers including Boris Knyazev and Jacqueline Robinson (dancer).
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After acquiring French nationality in 1958, she founded her own company, Les ballets contemporains Karin Waehner. She taught at the Schola Cantorum de Paris from 1960. In 1982, she ran a modern dance course in La Rochelle, the first in any French conservatory. She is remembered as an outstanding instructor, training dancers from France and abroad.
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