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Ausdruckstanz

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Ausdruckstanz

Modern dance form which reached its peak of creativity during the 1920s. It emphasized intuitive and individual approaches over formal technique and virtuosity. The movement pioneered community dance and the use of improvisation in teaching. Its main exponents were Rudolf von Laban, Mary Wigman, and Kurt Jooss.



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Luckily, they came under the wing of Manja Chmiel, a former assistant to German Ausdruckstanz pioneer Mary Wigman, who urged them to forget about solo careers and continue to develop work as a team.
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He returned from war already trained in Western modern dance to forge a brand of pure expressionism fusing Noh traditions with German Ausdruckstanz.
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Her career languished, and the development of Ausdruckstanz (Expressionist dance) in Europe was halted.
In the shadow of the Reich: modern dance in Hitler's Germany by Dance Magazine
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