DANCER

Kurt Jooss

1901 - 1979

Kurt Jooss

Kurt Jooss (12 January 1901 – 22 May 1979) was a famous German ballet dancer and choreographer mixing classical ballet with theatre; he is also widely regarded as the founder of Tanztheater. Jooss is noted for establishing several dance companies, including most notably, the Folkwang Tanztheater, in Essen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Jooss is the 55th most popular dancer (down from 52nd in 2019), the 3,504th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,294th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Kurt Jooss ranks 55 out of 116. Before him are Jiří Kylián, Arthur Saint-Léon, Enrico Cecchetti, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, and Antonio Gades. After him are Jean Coralli, Carla Fracci, Lindsay Kemp, Lucile Grahn, Hans van Manen, and Micheline Bernardini.

Most Popular Dancers in Wikipedia

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Jiří Kylián
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 49
Arthur Saint-Léon
1821 - 1870
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 50
Enrico Cecchetti
1850 - 1928
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 51
William Forsythe
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 52
John Neumeier
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 53
Antonio Gades
1936 - 2004
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 54
Kurt Jooss
1901 - 1979
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 55
Jean Coralli
1779 - 1854
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 56
Carla Fracci
1936 - 2021
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 57
Lindsay Kemp
1938 - 2018
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 58
Lucile Grahn
1819 - 1907
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 59
Hans van Manen
1932 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 60
Micheline Bernardini
1927 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 61

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Kurt Jooss ranks 163. Before him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Henri Tomasi, André Parrot, Lanza del Vasto, Ebbe Schwartz, and Sergei Tumansky. After him are Dmitry Lelyushenko, Werner Egk, Fernando Tambroni, Edgar Ende, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, and Joseph Wendel. Among people deceased in 1979, Kurt Jooss ranks 133. Before him are Juana de Ibarbourou, Frederick Stafford, Agop Dilâçar, Henri Saint Cyr, Ivar Johansson, and Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia. After him are Ferenc Nagy, Amedeo Biavati, Paul Dessau, Pedro Arico Suárez, Immanuel Velikovsky, and Aleksei Kapler.

Others Born in 1901

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Agostinho Fortes Filho
SOCCER PLAYER
1901 - 1966
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 157
Henri Tomasi
COMPOSER
1901 - 1971
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 158
André Parrot
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1901 - 1980
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 159
Lanza del Vasto
PHILOSOPHER
1901 - 1981
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 160
Ebbe Schwartz
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1964
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 161
Sergei Tumansky
ENGINEER
1901 - 1973
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 162
Kurt Jooss
DANCER
1901 - 1979
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 163
Dmitry Lelyushenko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1901 - 1987
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 164
Werner Egk
COMPOSER
1901 - 1983
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 165
Fernando Tambroni
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1963
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 166
Edgar Ende
PAINTER
1901 - 1965
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 167
Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo
WRITER
1901 - 1937
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 168
Joseph Wendel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1901 - 1960
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 169

Others Deceased in 1979

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Juana de Ibarbourou
WRITER
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 127
Frederick Stafford
ACTOR
1928 - 1979
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 128
Agop Dilâçar
LINGUIST
1895 - 1979
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 129
Henri Saint Cyr
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1902 - 1979
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 130
Ivar Johansson
WRESTLER
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 131
Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1979
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 132
Kurt Jooss
DANCER
1901 - 1979
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 133
Ferenc Nagy
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 134
Amedeo Biavati
SOCCER PLAYER
1915 - 1979
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 135
Paul Dessau
COMPOSER
1894 - 1979
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 136
Pedro Arico Suárez
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1979
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 137
Immanuel Velikovsky
WRITER
1895 - 1979
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 138
Aleksei Kapler
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1979
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 139

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Jooss ranks 3,506 out of 7,253. Before him are Maria Clara Eimmart (1676), Paul Josef Cordes (1934), Herbert Grönemeyer (1956), Georg Kolbe (1877), Jörg Breu the Elder (1475), and Hanni Wenzel (1956). After him are Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661), Tino Chrupalla (1975), Franz Kaiser (1891), Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1373), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), and Franz Nissl (1860).

Others born in Germany

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Maria Clara Eimmart
ASTRONOMER
1676 - 1707
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,500
Paul Josef Cordes
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1934 - 2024
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 3,501
Herbert Grönemeyer
MUSICIAN
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,502
Georg Kolbe
SCULPTOR
1877 - 1947
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,503
Jörg Breu the Elder
PAINTER
1475 - 1537
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,504
Hanni Wenzel
SKIER
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 3,505
Kurt Jooss
DANCER
1901 - 1979
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,506
Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
NOBLEMAN
1661 - 1708
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,507
Tino Chrupalla
POLITICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,508
Franz Kaiser
ASTRONOMER
1891 - 1962
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,509
Albert III, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg
POLITICIAN
1373 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,510
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
MUSICIAN
1715 - 1739
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,511
Franz Nissl
POLITICIAN
1860 - 1919
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 3,512