Lotte Goslar (27 February 1907 – 16 October 1997) was a German-American dancer.

Life

Born in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, Goslar came from a banking family and worked towards a career as a dancer from an early age. She took lessons with

Mary Wigman Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer, notable as the pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is co ...

and

Gret Palucca Gret Palucca (born Margarethe Paluka; 8 January 1902 – 22 March 1993) was a German dancer and dance teacher, notable for her dance school, the Palucca School of Dance, founded in Dresden in 1925. Life and work Margarethe Paluka was born in Mu ...

. She made her debut in Berlin. She soon developed her own style of

expressionist dance ''Expressive dance'' from German ''Ausdruckstanz'', is a form of artistic dance in which the individual and artistic presentation (and sometimes also processing) of feelings is an essential part. It emerged as a counter-movement to classi ...

. In 1933, she left Germany and joined

Erika Mann Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann. Erika lived a bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and became a critic of National Socialism. After Hitler came to power ...

's cabaret . She toured Europe with the cabaret and had success at the Free Theatre (

Osvobozené divadlo Osvobozené divadlo (1926–1938) (''Liberated Theatre'' or ''Prague Free Theatre'') was a Prague avant-garde theatre scene founded as the theatre section of an association of Czech avant-garde artists Devětsil (''Butterbur'') in 1926. The theatr ...

) 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 Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

she developed a hybrid form of dance and pantomime. Her titles include ''For Humans Only'' (1954) and ''Clowns and Other Fools'' (1966). She also worked as a dance instructor, teaching

Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...

and

Gower Champion Gower Carlyle Champion (June 22, 1919 – August 25, 1980) was an American actor, theatre director, choreographer, and dancer. Early years Champion was born on June 22, 1919, in Geneva, Illinois, as the son of John W. Champion and Beatrice ...

, among others. In 1987, Goslar appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's film '' Dolly, Lotte and Maria''. She bequeathed her artistic dance estate to the

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 an ...

and the

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

Dance Division of the

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. Goslar died in Great Barrington,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, at the age of 90.Obituary on the New York Times
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Fotos und Artikel zum 100. Geburtstag
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Beate Schmeichel-Falkenberg Beate Schmeichel-Falkenberg, real name Beate Hartung (20 June 1926 – 17 September 2017) was a German teacher and author. Life Born in Hamm, Schmeichel-Falkenberg studied German and English at the University of Göttingen and then worked as a ...

Biografischer Abriss im Nachrichtenbrief 10-1997 der Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (page 15)
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