Celly de Rheidt

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Celly de Rheidt , also Celly de Rheydt , maiden name: Anna Cäcilie Marie Funk (born March 25, 1889 in Altona; † April 8, 1969 in Hamburg ) was a German dancer of the time shortly after the First World War , mainly because of her erotic Briefly gained notoriety through performances in Berlin . She is considered one of the first nude dancers of modern times.

Life

Pillow stone fragment
"Celly Seweloh de Rheidt"
Women Garden (May 2019), Cemetery Ohlsdorf

Celly de Rheidt led a dance group made up of young women between the ages of 14 and 20. The group never had more than five members. Alfred Seveloh, husband of Celly de Rheidt, directed the performances as the announcer. The first appearances took place in 1919. At this time, Celly de Rheidt also had guest appearances at other events, especially in cabarets . In 1920 she even had her own stage on Motzstrasse for one season . Celly de Rheidt also had a few short appearances in various Richard Oswald films . None of the dancers had any formal dance training and critics described the dances as simply hopping . The performances were mostly short pantomimes with titles like: The Vampire , Salome or Dance of the Gladiators . They were well attended and accordingly high entrance fees could be charged.

In 1922 her husband was charged with evading taxes and had to pay a fine of 5400 marks (1,520 euros). However, the payment was delayed and then was only a small sum due to inflation. Shortly afterwards, Celly de Rheidt separated from her husband and had performances of the lesbian vampire dance in Leipzig . In 1924 she married a Viennese theater producer. She ended her career with the wedding.

Celly de Rheidt died on April 8, 1969 in her hometown of Hamburg and was buried there in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . Her gravestone has been in the women's garden at Ohlsdorf cemetery since May 2019.

Filmography

Aftermath

At the beginning of the 1920s, the two cabaret artists Margarete Wiedeke and Max Heye made parodic references to Celly de Rheidt in a sequence of scenes that they spoke for homocord on both sides of a gramophone record; the "famous nude dancer" is called here 'Nelly Reizenstein'.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth certificate Altona, Hamburg, No. 1075/1889
  2. ↑ Celly de Rheydt in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing
  3. ↑ Biography at taz.de
  4. ↑ [1] The nude dancer. Scene by Max Heye. Part I .: Lifting the bar. Homocord B.1516 (mx. M 16 294); dto. - Part II .: At the police station. Homocord B.1516 (mx. M 16 295): Margarete Wiedecke u. Max Heye

literature

personal data
SURNAME Rheidt, Celly de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rheydt, Celly de; Schmidt, Cäcilie (maiden name); Funk, Cecilia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dancer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Altona
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1969
Place of death Hamburg