Ellinor Tordis
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![]() Ellinor Tordis, photographed by Anton Josef Trčka in 1926. |
Ellinor Tordis, pseudonym of Ellinor Wachsmuth[1] (1895–1973) was an Austrian dancer and dance educator in Vienna in the 1920s.
Early life
[edit]Tordis was born in 1895 in Dresden.[1]
Career
[edit]Tordis danced as a member of the Münchener Tanz-Drei,[2] and ran a school in Vienna,[3] focused on movement ideas from modern dance and gymnastics.[4][5] Among her students were dancers Gisela Taglicht[6] and Hans Wiener (Jan Veen),[7] and actress Vilma Degischer.[8] Her accompanist for a time was pianist and dancer Gertrud Kraus,[2] and Anne Winter headed the gymnastics department.[9]
Tordis was a proponent of coordinated mass gymnastics, or Bewegungschöre, as positive expressions of social unity and public health.[10][11] She and her group performed at the Festival of Music and Theatre in Vienna in 1924.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Tordis died on April 3, 1973, in Vienna. She was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery on April 12, 1973.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tordis, Ellinor". litkult1920er.aau.at (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ a b Toepfer, Karl Eric (1997). Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935. University of California Press. pp. 190, 237, 269. ISBN 978-0-520-91827-6.
- ^ Spiegel, Nina S. (2013-06-01). Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine. Wayne State University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8143-3637-3.
- ^ Weber, Jody Marie (2009). The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston. Cambria Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-60497-621-2.
- ^ Jackson, George (March 20, 2020). "Hedi Pope Centennial". danceviewtimes. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ Dart, Margaret. "Taglicht, Gisela". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Te Ara. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "A New School of Dancing; Well Known Viennese Dancer in Shanghai". North China Herald. November 27, 1926. p. 20 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Vilma Degischer". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- ^ "Dancer to Give Demonstration". The Ithaca Journal. 1940-04-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-04-04 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Painter, Karen (2002-08-18). Mahler and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-691-09244-7.
- ^ Lindgren, Allana; Ross, Stephen (2015-06-05). The Modernist World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-69615-5.
- ^ WARREN, JOHN (2006). "David Josef Bach and the 'Musik- und Theaterfest' of 1924". Austrian Studies. 14: 122, 134. doi:10.1353/aus.2006.0022. ISSN 1350-7532. JSTOR 27944803. S2CID 245850281.
- ^ "Verstorbenensuche". www.friedhoefewien.at (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
External links
[edit]- A 1928 photograph of Ellinor Tordis by Grete Kolliner, at Getty Images.