Emmy Wood
Emmy wood (also Emmy Holts ; born October 10, jul. / 23. October 1902 greg. In Tallinn , Governorate of Estonia ; † 4. November 1923 in Spain ) was an Estonian ballet dancer .
Life
Emmy Holz took her first steps in the ballet studio of Sessy Smironina-Sevun and Eugenia Litvinova .
In 1918, along with Lilian Looring , Rahel Olbrei , Robert Rood and Sessy Smironina-Sevun, she was part of the first professional ballet troupe of the Estonia Theater and Opera House in the Estonian capital Tallinn. From 1918 until her untimely death in 1923 she was permanently engaged in the ensemble there.
Emmy Holz was one of the theater's first prima ballerinas . She performed primarily in operas and operettas as well as in dance scenes at concerts ( Camille Saint-Saëns ' The dying swan to the music of the cello solo from the Carnival of the Animals and Léon Minkus ' Oriental dance from La Bayadère ). She also became known in the role of Swanilda's friend in Léo Delibes ' ballet Coppélia , the first complete ballet performed in Estonia in September 1922.
Emmy Holz was murdered in Spain in November 1923 at the age of 22.
literature
- Eesti elulood . Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 93
Web links
- Photographs by Emmy Holz in the holdings of the Estonian National Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wood, Emmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holts, Emmy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian ballet dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tallinn , Estonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1923 |
| Place of death | Spain |