Charlotte Bara
Charlotte Bara (born April 20, 1901 in Brussels ; † December 7, 1986 in Locarno ; actually Bachrach ) was a German expression dancer .
Life
Charlotte Bara was the daughter of the German-Jewish silk merchant Paul Bachrach and his wife Elvira, b. Bachmann. She received her school education in Brussels, where Heinrich Vogeler was involved in the construction and furnishing of her parents' house. She received dance training from a student of Isadora Duncan , from Alexander Sacharoff in Lausanne and from Prince Raden Mas Jodjana in Holland. During the First World War, the family had to leave Belgium and their property was confiscated. While her father was looking for a new place to stay, she and her mother stayed at Heinrich Vogeler's Barkenhoff in Worpswede . After the First World War, she perfected herself with Berthe Trümpy and Vera Skoronel in Berlin. The Castello San Materno in Ascona had meanwhile been found as a new domicile , which has now been expanded by the Berlin architect Paul Rudolf Henning . In 1927 she took part in the dance congress in Magdeburg. In 1928 she converted to the Catholic faith. In 1928, the Teatro San Materno , built for them by Carl Weidemeyer , was completed, a pioneering flat-roof building that was available for their own performances, their own school for expression design and guest performances and still contained guest apartments.
She had been based in Ascona since 1919. In 1927 he married Carl Rütters, and after the Second World War he acquired Swiss citizenship.
literature
- Alain Bernard: Charlotte Bara. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 28, 2002 , accessed March 19, 2020 .
- John Geissler, Ursula Pellaton, Letizia Tedeschi: Charlotte Bara. In: Memoria. Bulletin des Archives suisses de la danse. No. 7, 2002.
- Karl-Robert Schütze: Charlotte Bara 1901–1986. Brussels-Worpswede-Berlin-Ascona. Berlin 2000.
- Niklaus Starck (Ed.): Charlotte Bara Ascona, Leben und Tanz, San Materno , facsimile of the Bara biography by Peter P. Riesterer, published in 1985 in the "Ferien-Journal Ascona", Porzio, Breitenbach / Ascona 2010, ISBN 978-3 -9523706-0-5 .
- Hans Windisch : graphic portfolio ten lithographs for Charlotte Bara's Danse Macabre. 1922.
Web links
- Publications by and about Charlotte Bara in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Page about Charlotte Bara at the German Dance Archive Cologne
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bara, Charlotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bachrach, Charlotte (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss expressive dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1986 |
| Place of death | Locarno |