One of Mary Wigman’s most famous students was Gret Palucca, who soon achieved a similar level of fame as a solo dancer and also established her own school in Dresden in 1925. After the Second World War, she was able to re-found and expand her school and educate generations of dancers – despite constant conflicts with cultural functionaries of the GDR – not only physically but also spiritually and artistically to creativity and independence. As a founding member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR, she was its vice-president from 1965-1970, which is why Palucca’s actual estate is in the AdK archive. In addition, the Tanzarchiv Leipzig has preserved documents and letters as well as photos and films of her teaching activities.
