The German dance critic and theorist Fritz Böhme studied literature and art history in Berlin. As department head of the arts section of the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, he published his dance reviews almost daily for years from 1919 onwards. In the Weimar Republic, Böhme was a driving force behind the establishment of dance congresses, dance journals and dance teaching forums. His main goal was the creation of a national dance academy and a national archive for dance history. His estate contains materials on the dance scene of his time: essays, manuscripts and lectures, Böhme’s correspondence, documents on contemporary dancer personalities, dance congresses and the 1936 Olympic Games, an ethnographic collection, numerous newspaper clippings and journals. Further holdings on Böhme can also be found at the Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln.
