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{"value"=>"*MGZMC-Res. 13", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1932-1969", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1932/1969"}
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{"value"=>"Mary Wigman letters"}
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts</span> <span class=\"subarea\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
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{"value"=>"Mary Wigman letters, *MGZMC-Res. 13. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
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{"value"=>"Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>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 included Ruth Abrahamowitsch, Hanya Holm, and Tilly Losch. Her students performed as a company, touring Western Europe throughout the 1930's. Wigman performed at the Berlin Olympics of 1936, but the National Socialists closed her school, and she became a teacher at the Leipzig Music Academy. After World War II, she returned to Berlin, re-opening her school in 1948, which became the center for the German modern dance movement. She choreographed over one hundred dances for herself and her dancers but also worked in various German opera houses, staging productions of Gluck in Leipzig and Mannheim and a famous joint performance of Carl Orff's <span class=\"title\">Carmina Burana</span>and <span class=\"title\">Catulli Carmina</span>in 1955. She died in Berlin September 18, 1973.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<p>A collection of letters written by <span class=\"persname\">[UNK] Wigman</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Margaret Erlanger</span>, Supervisor of the Dance Division at the University of Illinois. Also included are two letters to a <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Potter</span> in 1932 and a number of letters to <span class=\"persname\">Margaret Erlanger</span> from other correspondents concerning events honoring <span class=\"persname\">Mary Wigman</span>, ca. 1956-66.</p> <p>Language: In English.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift. Gift of Margaret Erlanger. Material received on: 9/68-1/69.</p>"}
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1932
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1969
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{"value"=>"<p>A collection of letters written by Mary Wigman, great German modern dance pioneer, to Miss Margaret Erlanger, Supervisor of the Dance Division at the University of Illinois. The correspondence begins with Miss Wigman's replies to Miss Erlanger's inquiries about a summer session at the Wigman School in Berlin, and reflects the warm friendship which follows (1952-1969)</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
{"value"=>"<p>Also included are two letters to a Mr. Potter written by Mary Wigman in 1932, and a number of letters to Margaret Erlanger from other correspondents discussing topics including Wigman Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 23, 1958 and Mary Wigman's 80th Birthday Celebration, November 13, 1966</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}
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1932
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{"value"=>"English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by A.M. Wentink.</p>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"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 included Ruth Abrahamowitsch, Hanya Holm, and Tilly Losch. Her students performed as a company, touring Western Europe throughout the 1930's. Wigman performed at the Berlin Olympics of 1936, but the National Socialists closed her school, and she became a teacher at the Leipzig Music Academy. After World War II, she returned to Berlin, re-opening her school in 1948, which became the center for the German modern dance movement. She choreographed over one hundred dances for herself and her dancers but also worked in various German opera houses, staging productions of Gluck in Leipzig and Mannheim and a famous joint performance of Carl Orff's <span class=\"title\">Carmina Burana</span>and <span class=\"title\">Catulli Carmina</span>in 1955. She died in Berlin September 18, 1973. A collection of letters written by <span class=\"persname\">[UNK] Wigman</span> to <span class=\"persname\">Margaret Erlanger</span>, Supervisor of the Dance Division at the University of Illinois. Also included are two letters to a <span class=\"persname\">Mr. Potter</span> in 1932 and a number of letters to <span class=\"persname\">Margaret Erlanger</span> from other correspondents concerning events honoring <span class=\"persname\">Mary Wigman</span>, ca. 1956-66.", "generated"=>true}
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91 12 folders items
- date_start
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1932
- date_end
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1969