Gerd Neggo
Gerd Neggo (* October 28 jul. / 9. November 1891 greg. In Kuressaare , Saaremaa ; † 1. September 1974 in Stockholm , Sweden ) was an Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer .
Life
Gerd Neggo learned from Émile Jaques-Dalcroze in Stockholm in 1920 the system of rhythmic-musical education developed by him . From 1921 to 1924 Neggo studied in the studio of the Hungarian dancer and choreographer Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg . She performed as a soloist on his experimental dance stage, Laban .
In 1924 Neggo returned to Estonia and carried Laban's method back to her homeland. In the same year she founded her own dance studio in the capital Tallinn , which existed until 1940. From 1925 to 1933 and from 1939 to 1941 Neggo taught dance and movement at prestigious state theater schools in Tallinn.
Neggo is considered to be one of the founders of modern Estonian expressive dance as well as pantomime and movement culture in Estonia. Numerous Estonian dancers have taken lessons from her.
In 1944, Neggo and her family fled to Sweden before the Soviet occupation of Estonia. She worked there as a postal worker. Neggo died in 1974 at an old age in the Swedish capital.
Gerd Neggo was the wife of the Estonian journalist and dramaturge Paul Olak (1880–1949).
literature
- Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 320
Web links
- Short CV (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The beginning of modern dance and classical ballet (English, accessed July 21, 2013)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neggo, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuressaare , Saaremaa Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1974 |
| Place of death | Stockholm , Sweden |