Mary Wigman letters to Pola Nirenska 1932-1958

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Mary Wigman letters to Pola Nirenska 1932-1958

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Mary Wigman is considered to be one of the founders of the modern dance movement. Her school in Dresden, Germany trained several dancers including Pola Nirenska, Harald Kreutzberg, and Hanya Holm. Nirenska toured with the Wigman troupe in the 1932-1933 tour of the United States and Germany. At the start of World War II, Niresnska, who was Jewish, emigrated to England. The Mary Wigman letters to Pola Nirenska document their relationship through correspondence written between the years of 1934 to 1936 and 1946 to 1958. A program from their 1932-1933 tour features Nirenska as well as a press clipping about the resurgence of German dance after the war.

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Nirenska, Pola

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Choreographer, dancer, and educator. Born 1910; died 1992. From the description of Pola Nirenska collection, 1910-1992 (bulk 1950-1992). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014271 Biographical Sketch Pola Nirenska was born 28 July 1910 in Warsaw. From childhood she was interested in dance despite opposition from her middle-class Jewish family. Nirenska had little early dance training. At age nine, she participated in a summe...

Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

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