Online catalogue (OPAC) of the university library Leipzig (UBL) The book and magazine contents of the former specialized library of the dance archive leipzig as well as a multitude of movies can be found in the online catalogue (OPAC) of the university library Leipzig (UBL). A part of the dance specific literature can also be found on the 2nd floor in the open-access section “theatre,dance, film”. Further dance related material can be ordered and partially borrowed in the reading rooms. Archive database Kalliope The contents of the archive (especially manuscripts and other historical documents) can be researched via the database
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The German dancer, choreographer and dance teacher began his career as a student of Kurt Jooss at the Folkwang School in Essen before studying modern dance and jazz dance with F. Wagner at the Graham School in New York. As a teacher, Traguth advocated a synthesis of modern dance and jazz dance. He was also enthusiastic about the dances of non-European cultures. In this spirit, he founded the open International Dance Workshop Bonn (ITW) in 1973, whose patronage was taken over by the German Unesco Commission in 1980. Research
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After studying musicology, Petermann came to the Central House of Culture, where he was initially tasked with setting up a department for folk dance. This eventually developed through his dedicated collecting and research activities into the Tanzarchiv Leipzig. Thus, Petermann’s estate also reveals the history of the Tanzarchiv. His correspondence with the Central House for Folk Art, the Academy of Arts as well as dancers and dance institutions in Germany and abroad testifies to his important role in the political-cultural life of the GDR. The Petermann collection also provides insights into a creative, restless personality who was always developing new
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The dance teacher, kinetographer and foster daughter of the German art historian and folklorist Wilhelm Fraengler studied Rudolf von Laban’s dance script with Albrecht Knust at the Folkwangschule in Essen in 1957 and produced many kinetographs, also of folk dances. She worked as a dance teacher and teacher of dance script in Berlin until 1964. Afterwards, together with Fraenger’s widow, she dedicated herself to organising Fraenger’s estate and became the editor of the large Fraenger monographs on Jörg Rathgeb, Hieronymus Bosch and Matthias Grünewald. Her estate includes personal documents, her correspondence, her kinetographic work, magnetic tapes, microfilms, records, slides and
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The German pianist, music and dance scholar studied with Curt Sachs and Erich Moritz von Hornborstel in Berlin. In 1936 he emigrated to The Hague and returned to the GDR in 1952, where he was editor-in-chief of the newspaper Musik und Gesellschaft until 1959, from 1957 also co-editor-in-chief of the music magazine Melodie und Rhythmus and from 1959 professor and rector of the Hochschule für Musik, which received the name “Hanns Eisler” through his initiative. Rebling authored several writings on dance, including: Ballet gestern und heute (Berlin 1957), Tanz der Völker (Berlin 1972) and Die Tanzkunst Indonesiens (Berlin 1981). His
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After studying physical education, mathematics and physics, Anger took dance lessons with Mary Wigman and worked for decades as a dance teacher. She finished her studies in 1934, from then until 1945 she was a sports assistant at the Technical University of Dresden and later artistic director of the dance ensemble of the Central FDJ Students’ Club of the TU Dresden. Anger’s work was mainly devoted to amateur stage dance. From 1951 onwards, she belonged to various dance societies such as the SAG, BAG, VDO and ZAG. The collection contains personal documents, notes, correspondence, programmes and other materials (1955-1990). Research
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The German dancer and dance teacher Ilse Loesch was a student of Rudolf von Laban and also worked with Jenny Gertz. In her pedagogical work with disabled people, movement choirs, young people, drama students and children, she tried to educate people holistically through dance and movement and to promote their personal development. In her book Mit Leib und Seele. Erlebte Vergangenheit des Ausdruckstanzes (Berlin 1990), Gertz impressively describes her experience as a movement teacher and committed propagandist of expressive dance. The extensive collection contains materials on amateur dance for dance training, stage practice, dance art, movement and dance research, notations,
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Both theoretically and practically, Herbert Burchard was concerned with folk, folklore, amateur and social dances and worked mainly in the field of dance epochs and dance classes. From 1927-32 he was dance director of the Dessau Dance Circle. The collection includes numerous notes on folk dance, writings by well-known authors (e.g. Herbert Oetke, Hans Deibel), compositions by Siegfried Schwantes and correspondence. Research
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Born in Riga, the dancer, ballet master and choreographer Henn Haas studied at Vera Fokina’s ballet school and at the Trümpy-Günther School in Berlin from 1926 to 1932 and also took classes with Rudolf von Laban, Mary Wigman and Harald Kreutzberg. From 1938 he worked with his Theatre of Dance in Weimar and Erfurt. After the war, he took over the choreographic direction of the FDGB dance ensemble in the newly founded GDR and worked as a choreographer at the Landestheater Halle. In addition to numerous ballets, he also created choreographies for film and television. The collection contains newspaper articles,
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Coming from the Wandervogel movement, Oetke was active from 1924 as a collector of folk dances and melodies and published numerous essays on traditional folk art and folk dance collections. From 1945, together with Aenne Goldschmidt, he helped to build up the “State Folk Art Ensemble” of the GDR. He was able to publish his extensive work “Der deutsche Volkstanz” in two volumes in the GDR in 1982. His collection contains material on folk dance and Oetke’s own work. Research
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