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Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln
The Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln (German Dance Archive Cologne) is a national information and research centre for concert dance in Germany. It is located in the MediaPark in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, with an archive, library, video library and museum on the history around dance for an audience. The archive continuously acquires, manages and documents the estates of well-known personalities in dance history, processes them and presents them to the public in exhibitions and publications. The institution's Tanzmuseum (Dance museum), opened in 1997, presents the history of dance under changing thematic aspects, primarily with its own holdings in works of art (sculptures, paintings, graphics), photographs, documents, costumes and films, with a focus on dance history from the 18th to the 20th century. Location and supports The Tanzarchiv is housed in Cologne's MediaPark 7. The institution is supported by the of the , and by the city of Cologne; since 1986, the Tanzarchiv has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the Cologne Bonn Region, urban region. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dore Hoyer
Dore Hoyer (12 December 1911 – 31 December 1967) was a German expressionist dancer and choreographer. She is credited as "one of the most important solo dancers of the Ausdruckstanz tradition." Inspired by Mary Wigman, she developed her own solo programmes and toured widely before and after the Second World War. Wigman called Hoyer "Europe's last great modern dancer." Biography Dore Hoyer was born in Dresden to a working-class family on 12 December 1911. As a young girl, she learned rhythmics and gymnastics. She trained in the style of Hellerau-Laxenburg in 1927–1928, before studying expressionist dance or ''Ausdruckstanz'' for a year with Gret Palucca in 1929–1930. In 1931, she was engaged as a soloist in Plauen, and in 1933 she became a ballet mistress in Oldenburg. In 1932 Hoyer met and fell in love with an 18-year-old musician, Peter Cieslak. Cieslak composed a number of solo dance pieces which Hoyer choreographed and performed. He died on 5 April 1935, possibly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oda Schottmüller
Oda Schottmüller (9 February 1905 in Posen – 5 August 1943 in Charlottenburg-Nord, Berlin) was an expressive dancer, mask maker and sculptor. Schottmüller was most notable as a resistance fighter against the Nazis, through her association with a Berlin-based anti-fascist resistance group that she met through the sculptor Kurt Schumacher. The group would later be named by the Gestapo as ''Die Rote Kapelle'' (English: "the Red Orchestra"). Author and researcher Geertje Andresen conducted an analysis of Schottmüller's estate, which resulted in the publication of a book on Schottmüller's life. Andresen's work describes a vindictive murder by the Nazi state of a German woman who was only tangentially linked to ''Die Rote Kapelle'' and whose membership of the group constituted resistance. Life Oda Schottmüller was the daughter of archivist Kurt Schottmüller and Dorothea Schottmüller (née Stenzler), the granddaughter of the historian Konrad Schottmüller, and the niece of ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Jana
La Jana is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Baix Maestrat in the Valencian Community, Spain. The Cervera Mountains rise just east of the town extending southwards. It is an agricultural town located west of the Muntanyes de Cervera surrounded by cultivated plots, mainly almond, carob and olive trees, as well as some cereal fields. La Jana is part of the Taula del Sénia The Taula del Sénia () or Mancomunitat de la Taula del Sénia is a commonwealth or free association of municipalities made up of 22 towns, totalling up to 100,000 people, of some of the comarcas that make up the center of the historical region ... free association of municipalities. References External links Pàgina web del poble de la Jana* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20100618120114/http://www.ive.es/pegv/start.jsp Institut Valencià d'EstadísticaPortal de la Direcció General d'Administració Local de la Generalitat Municipalities in the Province of Castellón Baix Maestrat {{valenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonide Massine
Leonide or Léonide is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Leonide or Leonid of Georgia (1861–1921), Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia * Leonid Berman (1896–1976), Russian Neo-romantic painter and theater and opera designer * Léonide H. Cyr (1926–2009), Canadian politician * Léonide Massine, French transliteration of Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin (1896–1979), Russian choreographer and ballet dancer * Léonide Moguy (1899–1976), born Leonid Mogilevsky, Russian-born French film director, screenwriter and film editor See also * Leonid Leonid (russian: Леонид ; uk, Леонід ; be, Леанід, Ljeaníd ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: *Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ..., another given name {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clotilde Von Derp
Clotilde Margarete Anna Edle von der Planitz (5 November 1892 – 11 January 1974), known professionally as Clotilde von Derp, was a German expressionist dancer, an early exponent of modern dance. Her career was spent essentially dancing together with her husband Alexander Sakharoff with whom she enjoyed a long-lasting relationship. Early life Born in Berlin, Clotilde was the daughter of Major Hans Edler von der Planitz (1863–1932) from Berlin and Margarete von Muschwitz (1868–1955). She was a member of the German lower nobility. On 25 January 1919, she married Alexander Sakharoff, a Russian dancer, teacher and choreographer. Career As a child in Munich, Clotilde dreamt of becoming a violinist but from an early age she discovered how talented she was as a dancer. After receiving ballet lessons from Julie Bergmann and Anna Ornelli from the Munich Opera, she gave her first performance on 25 April 1910 at the Hotel Union, using the stage name Clotilde von Derp. The audience we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Sacharoff
Alexander Sakharoff (, also spelled Sakharov and Sacharoff, 13 May 1886 – 25 September 1963) was a Russian Empire dancer, teacher, and choreographer who immigrated to France. Life Sakharoff was born Alexander Zuckermann to a Jewish family in Mariupol, Russian Empire on 13 May 1886. Alexander was one of the most innovative soloist dancers of the first decades of the 20th century. He trained as a painter at the Academie de Beaux Arts and the Académie Julian in Paris. His androgynous appearance led to him being painted by painters including Jawlensky and Marianne von Werefkin in 1909. He married the German dancer Clotilde von der Planitz (1893–1974), and they had a successful career together. Their 1921 portrait by George Barbier to advertise their work was seen as showing a "mutually complementary androgynous couple" "united in dance" joined together in an act of "artistic creation." Their outrageous costumes included wigs made from silver and gold coloured metal, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trudi Schoop
Trudi Schoop (October 9, 1904 – July 14, 1999) was a Swiss dancer who pioneered the treatment of mental illness with dance therapy. Life and work Born in Switzerland, the daughter of the editor of the Swiss newspaper ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'', Her younger sister was Hedi Schoop. Schoop was mostly self-taught, though she did study some ballet and modern dance after she was an established performer. She performed throughout the 1930s and made several tours of the United States, arranged by the impresario Sol Hurok. Schoop, the performer, was often referred to as a female Charlie Chaplin. She often toured often under the moniker, "Trudi Schoop and her Dancing Comedians." Schoop stayed in Switzerland during World War II, and often performed in anti-Fascist cabaret shows. She resumed touring after the war, but disbanded her dance company in 1947 and moved to Los Angeles, California to undertake an exploration of dance as therapy for schizophrenic patients. Among the several Cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Mihaly
Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr (1902 – 1989), known professionally as Jo Mihaly, was a German dancer and writer. Early years and war diary Kuhr grew up in Schneidemühl (now Piła), then about 80 miles from the German-Russian border, now in Poland. The town was the site of a World War I prisoner of war camp, and Kuhr's rediscovered adolescent diary was published late in her life as ''Da gibt's ein Wiedersehn'' (1982). It has been translated into English by Walter Wright, a pacifist and former conscientious objector, under the title ''There we'll meet again, a young German girl's diary of the first world war''. It gives an unusual insight into German experience of the war: 'The fact that the diary is written by a German teenager does make it unusual. The fact that this teenager went on to oppose war, to dance her anti-war message on the Berlin stage, to marry a Jew, and to be forced to flee Germany in 1933, gives an added poignancy to the diary.' Expressionist Dancer Jo Mihal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niddy Impekoven
Luise "Niddy" Impekoven (2 November 1904 – 20 November 2002) was a German dancer of the Golden Twenties. Career Impekoven took up dancing at a young age and first performed publicly in 1910. She was considered a child prodigy and received intense dance training from and others. She danced almost exclusively to classical music. Her performances were expressionistic and sometimes humorous. Her well-known choreographies included ''Der gefangene Vogel'', ', and ''Schalk''. Impekoven became famous outside Germany during the 1920s, performing in Vienna and Prague. By the 1930s she had toured in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Java and Ceylon. She appeared in three 1920s films, most notably ''Ways to Strength and Beauty''. She retired from professional dancing in 1934, in part due to the Nazi seizure of power, and went on to live in Switzerland, where she published her memoirs in 1955. Personal life Impekoven was born in 1904 in Berlin to Toni and Frieda Impek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Goslar
Lotte Goslar (27 February 1907 – 16 October 1997) was a German-American dancer. Life Born in Dresden, Goslar came from a banking family and worked towards a career as a dancer from an early age. She took lessons with Mary Wigman and Gret Palucca. She made her debut in Berlin. She soon developed her own style of expressionist dance. In 1933, she left Germany and joined Erika Mann's cabaret . She toured Europe with the cabaret and had success at the Free Theatre (Osvobozené divadlo) in Prague. She travelled with the group to the US in late autumn 1936, in order to make a new (but futile) start there with the ''Peppermill'' at the beginning of 1937. She remained in exile there out of disgust for the National Socialists. Goslar performed in nightclubs and went to Hollywood in 1943, where she founded her own troupe with which she undertook many extensive tours of the US and later Europe. Since the late 1970s, she has performed repeatedly in Germany. As choreographer she develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertha Feist
Hertha Feist (1896–1990) was a German expressionist dancer and choreographer. She established her own school in Berlin, combining gymnastics with nudism and dance. In the 1930s, her ambitions were seriously curtailed by the Nazis. Biography Born in Berlin, Feist first studied with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Hellerau, Dresden, in 1914 before moving back to Berlin in 1917 to study under Olga Desmond. Thereafter she joined Rudolf von Laban, following him to various locations in the north of Germany and participating in his majestic Tanzbühne productions. In 1923, she established her own school in Berlin and also taught at Carl Diem's sports academy, successfully combining gymnastics with nudism and dance. She continued to dance in Laban's productions, starring as Donna Elvira in his ''Don Juan'' (1926). Her school's freestyle movements were pictured at the Berlin Stadium. In 1927 she appeared in the only film made by the American Stella Simon. The avant-garde film entitled ''Hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
