Mary Wigman
German dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor (1886-1973) · Germany · Academics · Died at 86
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Something wrong?Mary Wigman was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of modern dance.
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Photograph of German dancer Mary Wigman by Dutch photographer Jacob Merkelbach, 1922
Mary Wigman (Wiegmann) in Monte Verità on Lake Maggiore, enrolled at the Rudolf von Laban School for Art, between 1913 and 1918
Wigman's dance school building on Bautzner Strasse in Dresden.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Mary Wigman's Dance of Death, 1926-1928
Mary Wigman dance school advertisement from 1933 in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
Mary Wigman dance studio, West Berlin 1959
Mary Wigman studio, West BerlinAwards
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Mary Wigman was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of modern dance. She became one of the most iconic figures of Weimar German culture and her work was hailed for bringing the deepest of existential experiences to the stage.
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