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Mary Wigman

1886 - 1973

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Mary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer, notable as the pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important figures in the history of modern dance. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Wigman has received more than 248,534 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Mary Wigman is the 29th most popular dancer (down from 26th in 2019), the 1,666th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,409th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Dancer.

Mary Wigman was a German dancer and choreographer. She is most famous for her work with Expressionist dance in the early 20th century.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mary Wigman ranks 29 out of 116. Before her are Carlo Blasis, Izumo no Okuni, Bronislava Nijinska, Olga Khokhlova, Filippo Taglioni, and La Goulue. After her are August Bournonville, Pierre Beauchamp, Liane de Pougy, Alexander Godunov, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, and Agrippina Vaganova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Mary Wigman ranks 65. Before her are Gyula Gömbös, Karl Korsch, Nikolay Gumilyov, Sessue Hayakawa, Werner Kempf, and Hugh Lofting. After her are Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Nobutake Kondō, Walter H. Schottky, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, Joe Masseria, and Frederic Bartlett. Among people deceased in 1973, Mary Wigman ranks 75. Before her are Alan Watts, José Villalonga, Yaakov Dori, Robert Ryan, Betty Grable, and Mikhail Kalatozov. After her are Jacques Lipchitz, Marc Allégret, Bruno Maderna, Veronica Lake, Shirali Muslimov, and Alexander Orlov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mary Wigman ranks 1,666 out of 7,253. Before her are August Hirt (1898), Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1896), Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781), Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria (1752), Hans-Peter Briegel (1955), and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778). After her are Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen (1310), Rudolf Lange (1910), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Gustav Landauer (1870), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830).

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Among DANCERS In Germany

Among dancers born in Germany, Mary Wigman ranks 2. Before her are Pina Bausch (1940). After her are Kurt Jooss (1901).

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