Inka Unverzagt

Inka Unverzagt (married name Ingeborg Schmitz-Unverzagt (18 April 1924 – 1 October 2016) was a German ballerina, ballet master, choreographer and dance teacher. She worked at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam and for DEFA. She was also taught piano and accordion. She soon became an at the Theater Chemnitz, where she was supported by a patron of the arts. After nine years of ballet studies, she graduated from the Leipzig Opera in 1939. From 1952 to 1954, she worked at the Rostock People's Theatre, where her most important role was Juliet in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. In 1954, she moved to the Hans Otto Theatre in Potsdam. There she was involved in performances of, among others, Cinderella, Coppélia and Scheherazade. In 1955, she choreographed the premiere of the Singspiel-Operetta Aus dem Regen in die Traufe by and Rolf Zimmermann. Although the artistic directors Ilse Rodenberg and Gerhard Meyer were very open to ballet, the company was disbanded in the mid-1960s. She then worked as a freelance choreographer and dancer at DEFA, where she took part in 60 productions. She lived in Potsdam from 1954. She died in 2016 at the age of 92 in the Evangelische Seniorenzentrum Hasenheyer-Stift in Potsdam. Her estate is in the collection of the .

Filmography 1954/55: Swelling Melodies (performer) 1958: (performer) 1964: Die goldene Gans (choreographer) 1967/68: Spur des Falken (choreographer) 1972/73: Das unsichtbare Visier – 1st sequel: Der römische Weg (performer) 1972/73: Das unsichtbare Visier – 2nd sequel: Das Nest im Urwald (performer) 1972/73: Das unsichtbare Visier – 3rd sequel: Das Wasserschloß (performer) 1973/74: (choreographer) 1974: (choreographer) 1975: Till Eulenspiegel (choreographer) 1976: In the Dust of the Stars (choreographer) 1979/80: The Fiancee (performer)

Publications Unverzagtes aus Potsdam und von anderswo. Gedichte. I. Unverzagt, Potsdam 2012.