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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 235,952 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 23 in 2019). Mary Wigman is the 26th most popular dancer (down from 20th in 2019), the 1,409th most popular biography from Germany (down from 965th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

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  • 1.82

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mary Wigman ranks 26 out of 76. Before her are Alicia Alonso, Tamara Karsavina, Serge Lifar, Bronislava Nijinska, Izumo no Okuni, and Liane de Pougy. After her are Carlo Blasis, La Goulue, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Merce Cunningham, Agrippina Vaganova, and Pierre Beauchamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Mary Wigman ranks 56. Before her are Tsuguharu Foujita, Raoul Hausmann, Gottfried Benn, Marcel Dupré, Erich Fellgiebel, and Giovanni Battista Caproni. After her are Nobutake Kondō, Karl Korsch, Willem Drees, Nikolay Gumilyov, Werner Kempf, and Frank Lloyd. Among people deceased in 1973, Mary Wigman ranks 63. Before her are Katina Paxinou, Shirali Muslimov, Karl Löwith, Mikhail Kalatozov, Veronica Lake, and Edward Steichen. After her are Adolf Strauss, Asger Jorn, Dickinson W. Richards, Jacques Lipchitz, Károly Kerényi, and Milunka Savić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Mary Wigman ranks 1,409 out of 6,142. Before her are Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Michael Wolgemut (1434), Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728), Kurt Franz (1914), and Hermann Alexander Diels (1848). After her are Fritz Pfeffer (1889), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Widukind of Corvey (925), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), and Leonhart Fuchs (1501).

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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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