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 …

Mar 6, 2026 · Mary Wigman was a German dancer, a pioneer of the modern expressive dance as developed in central Europe. A pupil of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze and Rudolf Laban, she subsequently …

German modern dance pioneer Mary Wigman had little formal dance training before she attended the Dalcroze School at the age of twenty-three. She studied there for two years, obtaining a teaching …

Sep 20, 1973 · BERLIN, Sept. 19 (UPI) — Mary Wigman, the German dancer and choreographer who Was a leader of the pioneer modern‐dance movement, died last night.

At the start of the 20th century, Mary Wigman eschewed the principles of ballet to expose the unformulated, natural expression of the human body, and thereby became one of the preeminent …

As a dancer and choreographer, and with her schools, Mary Wigman was the most important protagonist of expressive dance. Originally from Hanover, Marie Wiegmann graduated as a teacher …

Mary Wigman … was, during the 1920s and '30s, the most highly regarded modern dancer and choreographer in Central Europe and one of the principal reasons for the ascendancy there of …

Mary Wigman (actually Marie Wiegmann) was born in Hannover in 1886. She received her first lessons in dance from Grete Wiesenthal and Jacques Dalcroze, becoming the latter's pupil in 1911, much to …

Mary Wigman was among the most important dancers and choreographers in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. As a modernist, she sought out new artistic directions and radically rejected …

Mary Wigman, original name Marie Wiegmann, (born November 13, 1886, Hanover, Germany—died September 18, 1973, West Berlin), German dancer, a pioneer of the modern expressive dance as …