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Jooss

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[yohs] / yoʊs /

noun

  1. Kurt 1901–79, German ballet dancer and choreographer.


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Another part of Warren House’s appeal was that it had been built in 1935 for the use of another choreographer, Kurt Jooss, who had arrived at Dartington fleeing Nazi persecution and founded an avant-garde company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015

After childhood ballet classes, she went on to the Folkwang school in Essen, headed by Kurt Jooss, who drew on the concept of Ausdruckstanz, the expressionist dance that had flourished in pre-war Germany.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

Every Jooss ballet is the creation of the man who gave the troupe its name.

From Time Magazine Archive

Composed largely of German exiles, but including ten other nationalities, the Jooss Ballet spent last year barnstorming South America.

From Time Magazine Archive

I should like here to express my appreciation of the efforts made by Kurt Jooss, as master choreographer, and my regret that the poet was absent both from rehearsals and the actual performances.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor