Joan Mowat Erikson collection of photographs of modern dance in Germany, 1923-1931.

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Joan Mowat Erikson collection of photographs of modern dance in Germany, 1923-1931.

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This collection contains photographs from various schools of modern dance also including schools of movement and gymnastics. The time span (1923-1931) covered in the collection provides a glimpse into a developmental period in German body culture, the ideals of which include grace, strength, and natural physical beauty through movement and exercise. Students of Rudolf von Laban and future teachers themselves included in this collection are Mary Wigman and Margarete Schmidts. Other dancers and teachers included are Isadora Duncan (who founded a school of dance in Berlin, Germany) and Dora Menzler.

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Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

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Isadora Duncan was a dancer and dance teacher who is credited with inventing what came to be known as Modern Dance. From the description of The Isadora Duncan papers. 1904-1927. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 191855381 American dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873291 Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born 27 May 1878 in San Francisc...

Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.

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Rudolf Laban was born December 15, 1879 in Bratislava, Slovakia. After studying architecture at the Ècole des Beaux Arts in Paris, Laban moved to Munich at age 30 and began his research on Bewegungskunst, or the movement arts. In 1915 Laban established the Choreographic Institute in Zürich and later founded branches in Italy, France, and Europe. His greatest contribution to dance was his 1928 publication of Kinetographie Laban, a dance notation system that came to be called Labanotation. It is...

Menzler, Dora.

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Erikson, Joan M. (Joan Mowat)

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Between Germany's defeat at the end of World War I in 1918, and Hitler's rise to power in 1933, culture was flourishing in the arts and sciences in the region. During this time, Rudolf von Laban and Mary Wigman laid the foundations for the development of modern dance. Laban had schools located throughout Germany; his schools and style are considered influential in early twentieth century modern dance education. From the description of Joan Mowat Erikson collection of photographs of m...

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...

Schmidt, Margaretha.

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