Wigman
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
I was listening to Tilda Swinton do an interview about it, and she pulled a lot of her references from a pre-Pina choreographer called Mary Wigman.
From New York Times • May 3, 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
Their enthusiasm invaded the smartcharts and artcharts until lay men also began to feel that they owed it to their development to see the German dancer, Mary Wigman.
From Time Magazine Archive
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