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Wigman

American  
[vig-mahn] / ˈvɪg mɑn /

noun

  1. Mary, 1886–1973, German dancer and choreographer.


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As raging fires threaten Cuernavaca, Mexico, a young woman choreographs a dance based on the work of expressionist Mary Wigman.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

In modern dance, where innovators like Mary Wigman and Martha Graham were able to form their own successful companies, things might have been different.

From New York Times May 5, 2022

Nikolais started dance late, at 23, after seeing a performance by the German Expressionist choreographer Mary Wigman.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2016

The words are from Mary Wigman, who invented what Germans call Ausdruckstanz, or expressive dance.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 23, 2011

How would he like to study under Dancer Mary Wigman, the new rage of Europe?

From Time Magazine Archive

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