Fé Alf papers circa 1928-circa 1933

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Fé Alf papers circa 1928-circa 1933

http://archives.nypl.org/dan/19728

This collection of papers of contains material from c.1928 in Germany to c.1933 in the United States. It contains primarily a diary and course papers written while was a student at the Wigman School in Germany, course papers written while she was a student at the Hagemann Schule in Hamburg, and lectures given at the Wigman School in New York. These materials were organized and identified by . Fé Alf Alf Joan Griffin

1 document box (17 items in 11 folders

The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6310897

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Fé Alf [the professional name of Felicitas Ahlff] was born in Germany c.1910 and received her early dance training with Kurt Jooss in Hamburg. She later studied the Mensendieck method and then entered the Wigman School in Dresden, graduating in 1931. She came to New York City in November 1931 as assistant teacher to Hanya Holm at the New York Wigman School. She opened her own studio where she taught modern dance and she performed as a concert dancer until c.1939 primarily performing...

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