Jean Erdman
Jean Erdman (born February 20, 1916 in Honolulu ; † May 4, 2020 there ) was an American dancer , choreographer and dance teacher .
Life
Erdman studied with Martha Graham , at the Bennington Summer School and at the School of American Ballet , among others . From 1938 to 1943 she was part of Graham's Company, where she later worked as a guest.
Together with the dancer Merce Cunningham she created several dance works in 1942. In 1944 Erdmann founded her own dance group, with which she toured America regularly. Her most important own choreography, which she also showed in Europe, was The Coach with the Six Insides in 1962, based on the novel Finnegans Wake by James Joyce .
Until 1972 she directed the Dance Theater Program of the Tisch School of the Arts , after which she opened her own art center in New York with The Open Eye , a multimedia group with dance, drama and music.
Jean Erdman was married to the mythologist Joseph Campbell from 1938 until his death in 1987 . She died in Honolulu in early May 2020 at the age of 104.
literature
- Horst Koegler , Helmut Günther : Reclams Ballettlexikon. Reclam, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010328-2 , S. #.
Web links
- Jean Erdman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erdman, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Honolulu |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th May 2020 |
| Place of death | Honolulu |