Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973

Abstract

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.

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...

Abstract

(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.