Dorothea Anger (1910-2000)

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).

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