Elmarita Divíšková (21 October 1910 – 20 May 2003) was a Czech dancer and dance educator.

Biography

Elmarita Divíšková (née Oehlová) was born on 21 October 1910 in

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. She studied at

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's school, which taught movement classes, and also took classes with

Jarmila Kröschlová Jarmila Kröschlová (19 March 1893 – 9 January 1983) was one of the most important representatives of modern dance in Czechoslovakia. She was one of the leading European expressionist dancers and as a choreographer had wide influence on other da ...

. Divíšková opened her own school, ''Škola pohybové výchovy a uměleckého tance'' ('School of Movement Education and Artistic Dance'), in Brno's Černá Pole district. Her daughter,

Nina Divíšková Nina Divíšková (12 July 1936 – 21 June 2021) was a Czech actress. She appeared in more than seventy films since 1967. She was the wife of the film director Jan Kačer Jan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and thea ...

, was a well-known Czech actress.

References

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