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Kurt Jooss

1901 - 1979

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Kurt Jooss (12 January 1901 – 22 May 1979) was a famous German ballet dancer and choreographer mixing classical ballet with theatre; he is also widely regarded as the founder of Tanztheater. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Jooss has received more than 82,542 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Jooss is the 50th most popular dancer, the 3,094th most popular biography from Germany and the 3rd most popular German Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Kurt Jooss ranks 50 out of 76. Before him are Carla Fracci, Gaétan Vestris, Enrico Cecchetti, Louise Rasmussen, Frederick Ashton, and Lucile Grahn. After him are Antonio Gades, Lindsay Kemp, William Forsythe, Lydia Lopokova, Hilde Holger, and Jean Coralli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Kurt Jooss ranks 145. Before him are Frank Zamboni, Spyridon Marinatos, Antal Szerb, Mario Scelba, Henri Tomasi, and Vilma Bánky. After him are Nina Bari, Rose Ausländer, Claude Choules, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Hans Erich Nossack, and Otto Ambros. Among people deceased in 1979, Kurt Jooss ranks 122. Before him are Vsevolod Bobrov, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Antun Augustinčić, Agop Dilâçar, Rebecca Clarke, and Arno Schmidt. After him are Georges Florovsky, Antonio Caggiano, Leonid Bykov, Ethel Smith, Alfred Deller, and Paul Dessau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Kurt Jooss ranks 3,094 out of 6,142. Before him are Hamit Altıntop (1982), Rolf Carls (1885), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Thilo Sarrazin (1945), Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805), and Ingrid Caven (1938). After him are Étienne Laspeyres (1834), Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1425), Eduard Wagner (1894), Matilda of France (943), Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652), and Ricarda Huch (1864).

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Among DANCERS In Germany

Among dancers born in Germany, Kurt Jooss ranks 3. Before him are Pina Bausch (1940) and Mary Wigman (1886).

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