Meta Vidmar (born Metoda Vidmar,Metoda Vidmar, in Slovene biographical lexicon (Slovenski biografski leksikon), 2009, Ljubljana 15 May 1899 – 1 November 1975) was the first Slovene modern dancer, notable for establishing the Mary Wigman dance school in Ljubljana in 1930, the first modern dance school in Slovenia.Lakner, Daša (2006). Sodobni ples: Meta Vidmar , Publikacije.net. Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/66UtYzpHD?url=http://dat.si/publikacije/Article/Sodobni-ples--Meta-Vidmar/48
Life Meta Vidmar was born in Ljubljana. She was the sister of the literary critic and politician Josip Vidmar, the chess master Milan Vidmar, the Yugoslavia gymnastics team coach for the Olympic Games in London in 1948 Stane Vidmar,Stane Vidmar, in Slovene biographical lexicon (Slovenski biografski leksikon), 2009, Ljubljana and the publisher Ciril Vidmar (her twin).Ciril Vidmar, Slovenski biografski leksikon, 2009, Ljubljana
In 1927, she graduated from the dance school in Dresden established and led by Mary Wigman, with whom she spent seven years and who gave her a license to open a dance school in her name in Slovenia. She died in Ljubljana.
Her school in Ljubljana taught the first Slovene dancers and teachers of modern dance, such as Marta Paulin, Živa Kraigher, and Marija Vogelnik, who then taught subsequent classes of contemporary dancers in Slovenia after World War II.Alenka Puhar et al (2007) Pozabljena polovica (Forgotten half - 129 notable women from 19th in 20th century in Slovenia), Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences & Tuma Publishing, Ljubljana, Slovo plesalke in plesne pedagoginje Žive Kraigher - Živa Kraigher, ena od pionirk slovenskega sodobnega plesa, article on RTV Slovenia website, 21 May 2011.
See also Expressionist dance Mary Wigman
References
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