Clotilde of Derp

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Clotilde von Derp, 1912. Photo by Rudolf Dührkoop and Minya Diez-Dührkoop
Photograph by Hugo Erfurth , 1928

Clotilde von Derp (stage name ), born as Clotilde Margarete Anna Edle von der Planitz (born November 5, 1892 in Berlin , † January 11, 1974 in Rome , Italy ), was a German dancer of international fame and an early representative of modern dance ( Expressive dance ).

family

Clotilde von Planitz came from an old Vogtland noble family and was the daughter of the Prussian major Hans Edler von der Planitz (1863–1932) from Berlin and Margarete von Muschwitz (1868–1955).

She married the painter , dancer and choreographer Alexander Sacharoff in Zurich ( Switzerland ) on January 25, 1919 . The maid of honor was the painter Marianne von Werefkin . One spoke of a "marriage of convenience".

Life

Derp was born in Berlin, but after her parents separated in 1900, he moved to Munich with his mother and sister . There the mother ran a music institute for children in the new Schwabing way .

Derp, who was brought up musically from an early age, developed her preference for music and dance and from 1909 appeared publicly at dance events. Grown up in the Munich art circle, she also worked as a model for sculptors such as Wilhelm Krieger , painters and photographers . From around 1910, she was acclaimed by the audience as the first “modern” dancer. “ This Clothilde is finally a dancer who forms her own experience, who does not allow herself to be tamed by any historical costume, who unfolds a new world from the wealth of her little heart, ” wrote Rudolf von Delius in 1910.

Grace and naturalness determined her dance expression. She was considered a dancer of " unsurpassed individuality " ( Münchner Latest Nachrichten , 1912). " For me, you are undoubtedly the first dancer in Germany ", the sculptor Georg Kolbe later wrote to her in 1916. The poet Rainer Maria Rilke was also one of her admirers.

At the Munich Press Ball in 1913 she met her future husband Sacharoff for the first time, with whom she worked from then on. They danced as a couple, but also continued to dance as soloists, and were considered pioneers of modern dance. While working in the Neue Künstlervereinigung München , a kind of artistic "network" of important artists of the time, they jointly developed programs that they discussed intensively with their friends, artists from the area around the Blauer Reiter , and developed them further. Her international career was unstoppable. a. also included appearances in Paris , London and Monaco . But it wasn't until 1919 that she married Sacharoff on the occasion of an upcoming American tour.

The couple worked with other stars of the European and American dance avant-garde from 1938 in Buenos Aires , at that time a center of attraction for representatives of modern dance from the Old and New World.

After their farewell performance in 1954 in Rome , where they both lived until their deaths in the later years, the couple only worked as teachers in their subject, but were increasingly forgotten.

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personal data
SURNAME Derp, Clotilde of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Planitz, Clotilde Edle von der; Sacharoff, Clotilde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dancer
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1974
Place of death Rome , Italy