Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

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This box contains (1) leatherette binder with (1) program and (192) silver gelatin prints depicting Mary Wigman's choreography for Gluck's production of "Orpheus and Eurydice" in the Dreilinden opera house on March 22, 1947.

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Candid photograph of choreographer Mary Wigman working on the choreography for the ballet ''Orpheo.''

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Outside shot of the Wigman School Building in Germany.

Abstract The collection includes a pasted program of the event, 15 b/w original photographic portraits of Mary Wigman* (two large: 5 6/8 x 4 3/8, and 5 3/8 x 3 3/8", and 13 smaller: 3 3/8 x 2"), 9 silver gelatin prints showing the choregrapher amidst her dancers (2 x 3 3/8"), and two depicting German conductor Heinz Bongartz, with costume designer Gerda Schulte (4 1/2 x 3 2/8"). The remaining 166 photographs depict the path, development and flow of the opera from scene to scene. They feature Wigman's...

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(1) leatherette binder with (1) program and (192) silver gelatin prints depicting Mary Wigman's choreography for Gluck's production of "Orpheus and Eurydice" in the Dreilinden opera house on March 22, 1947.

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Photograph of Mary Wigman performing ''Tanz in der Stille''.

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Seven candid photographs of choreographer and dancer Mary Wigman during rehearsals.

Abstract Photograph of students attending a Wigman class. Charlotte is seated in front, second from left. Inventory description provided: "My mother sent me to Desden, Germany to leard modern dance from Mary Wigman. It was a pretty amazing experience for a 17-year old from Oklahoma. My family said I could stay longer than the summer if I wanted- in those days people didn't dash across the ocean, and I was going at great sacrific to my parents. But then I found that in order to graduate, dancers had...

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Photographs of modern dance pioneer Mary Wigman at rehearsals.