Letters to Katharine A. Wolfe, 1947-1960.
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Wolfe, Katharine
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Katharine A. Wolfe (1904-1990) was a dance teacher and an administrator for Seattle Public Schools, who spent over ten years preparing a comprehensive study of twentieth century American concert dance, which never found a publisher. She became a dance teacher with Seattle Public Schools in 1926 and remained a teacher through 1944, later becoming becoming a consultant in health and physical education, responsible for developing the physical education curriculum. While wor...
Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973
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Mary Wigman, German modern dancer and choreographer, was born Mary Wiegmann, November 13, 1886 in Hanover. She trained first with Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in Hellerau and Dresden and later with Rudolf von Laban in Anscona, Switzerland and in Munich. Her debut as a concert dancer and choreographer occurred in 1919. Successful performances encouraged her to open her own school in Dresden, where among her first students were Yvonne Georgi, Gert Palucca, and Harald Kreutzberg. By 1925, her students inc...
