Katja Wulff
German-swiss expressionist dancer and choreographer
About Katja Wulff
Lived 1890 – 1992 (aged 101). Katja Wulff was a Swiss and German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and expressionist dance.
Katja Wulff, also Käthe Wulff, (31 August 1890 − 11 June 1992), was a German-Swiss expressionist dancer (Ausdruckstänzerin) and dance instructor. She attended Rudolf von Laban's dance classes and became associated with the Dada movement. She ran a dance school and was still teaching there at the age of 90.
Life and career Born in Hamburg,
Literature Vera Isler: Schaut uns an: Porträts von Menschen über Achtzig. Birkhäuser, Basel 1986, . Frank-Manuel Peter: "Falls Sie geneigt sind zu kommen..." Käthe (Katja) Wulff zum 100. Geburtstag. In: Tanzdrama magazine. No. 12, 3rd quarter 1990, pp. 18–22. Bettina Zeugin: Katja Wulff. Published by IG Tanz Basel. Zwischen-Raum-Verlag, Basel 2001.
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german-swiss expressionist dancer and choreographer (1890–1992)
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Katja Wulff was born on 31 August 1890 in Hamburg.
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Katja Wulff died on 11 June 1992 in Basel.
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Katja Wulff was a dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and expressionist dance.
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Katja Wulff was Swiss and German.
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