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Mary Wigman

1886 - 1973

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Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of modern dance. She became one of the most iconic figures of Weimar German culture and her work was hailed for bringing the deepest of existential experiences to the stage. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Wigman is the 26th most popular dancer (up from 29th in 2019), the 1,588th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,666th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Dancer.

Mary Wigman was a German dancer and choreographer. She is most famous for her work with Expressionist dance in the early 20th century.

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Among dancers, Mary Wigman ranks 26 out of 116. Before her are Serge Lifar, Alicia Alonso, Izumo no Okuni, Galina Ulanova, Bronislava Nijinska, and Carlo Blasis. After her are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Olga Khokhlova, August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Liane de Pougy, and Pierre Beauchamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Mary Wigman ranks 60. Before her are Willem Drees, Erich Fellgiebel, Gyula Gömbös, Jisaburō Ozawa, Paul Lévy, and Hitoshi Imamura. After her are Karl Korsch, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Raoul Hausmann, Tsuguharu Foujita, Raymond A. Spruance, and Werner Kempf. Among people deceased in 1973, Mary Wigman ranks 67. Before her are Robert Ryan, Milunka Savić, Karl Löwith, José Villalonga, Robert Siodmak, and Veronica Lake. After her are E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Mikhail Kalatozov, Paul van Zeeland, Károly Kerényi, Asger Jorn, and Jacques Lipchitz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mary Wigman ranks 1,588 out of 7,253. Before her are Walter Warlimont (1894), Christoph Cellarius (1638), Matilda of Frisia (1024), Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg (1617), Michael Schenker (1955), and Hans Scharoun (1893). After her are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld (1752), Emil du Bois-Reymond (1818), Andreas Libavius (1555), and Hans Schäfer (1927).

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Among DANCERS In Germany

Among dancers born in Germany, Mary Wigman ranks 2. Before her are Pina Bausch (1940). After her are Kurt Jooss (1901).

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