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Niddy Impekoven

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Niddy Impekoven in 1933

Luise "Niddy" Impekoven (2 November 1904 – 20 November 2002) was a German dancer of the Golden Twenties.

Career

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Impekoven took up dancing at a young age and first performed publicly in 1910. She was considered a child prodigy and received intense dance training from Heinrich Kröller [de] and others.[1]

She danced almost exclusively to classical music. Her performances were expressionistic and sometimes humorous. Her well-known choreographies included Der gefangene Vogel, Münchner Kaffeewärmer [de], and Schalk. Impekoven became famous outside Germany during the 1920s, performing in Vienna and Prague.[2] By the 1930s she had toured in the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Java and Ceylon.[1]

She appeared in three 1920s films, most notably Ways to Strength and Beauty.[1]

She retired from professional dancing in 1934, in part due to the Nazi seizure of power, and went on to live in Switzerland,[2] where she published her memoirs in 1955.[1]

Personal life

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Impekoven was born in 1904 in Berlin to Toni and Frieda Impekoven. The family later moved to Frankfurt and then Munich. In 1919 she experienced a personal crisis, suffering from depression and anorexia nervosa; her parents brought her to Bad Ragaz, Switzerland, where she recovered under the care of Reinhard Goering [de].[2]

She married Hans Killian [de] in 1923 but they divorced in 1929. She died in 2002 in Bad Ragaz.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Andresen, Geertje. "Niddy Impekoven — Einst die dritte Prominente neben Mary Wigman und Valeska Gert" (in German). Deutsches Tankzarchiv Köln. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Impekoven, Niddy (1904—)". encyclopedia.com. Cengage. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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