Joachim von Brüsewitz

Lo Hesse and Joachim von Seewitz (from FX Setzer in Sport & Salon , 1918)

Joachim von Seewitz ( real Joachim Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Oscar von Brüsewitz, born August 15, 1891 in Karlsruhe , † February 23, 1966 in Hückeswagen ) was a German podium dancer.

Live and act

His parents were the captain in the 1st Baden Leib-Grenadier-Regiment No 109 Hans von Brüsewitz (1853-1919), who later made it to lieutenant general, and his wife Emmy nee. Luchtenberg (1864–1948), a granddaughter of the Hückeswagen cloth manufacturer Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Bockhacker (1797–1872).

Brüsewitz began his dance career in Munich in 1913 and performed under the name of Joachim von Seewitz. In 1919 Richard Strauss recommended him and his dance partner Lo Hesse to the Vienna State Opera . But both decided to tour South America. In 1921 the dancer shot various commercials with FW Koebler, the director of the Berlin Clarisse Ballet, which were shown in the opening programs of the big films. In 1934 he was the first solo dancer in the newly founded Berlin Florence Ballet. As a dancer he was also photographed in an expressive way by the Berlin photographer Frieda Riess .

After the end of his career as a dancer he returned to his parents' house at Bachstr. 26 back in Hückeswagen and worked as the leader of the local cultural community. He was buried in the Brüsewitz family grave. His main estate is in the German Dance Archive in Cologne .

Works

The Torero's Dream , commercial film 1921

Web links

Page on Joachim von Seewitz at the German Dance Archive Cologne.

literature

Frank-Manuel Peter : Alexander Sacharoff as a role model for the 'dancing man': Joachim von Seewitz and Helge P. Pawlinin. In: Frank-Manuel Peter, Rainer Stamm (ed.): The Sacharoffs. Two dancers from the Blue Rider's circle. Cologne 2002, pp. 249-253.
Festschrift for the 925th anniversary of Hückeswagen (PDF; 1.9 MB) page 23
Historic graves in the cemetery in Hückeswagen Am Kamp (PDF; 112 kB) Page 4
Bergische Morgenpost, November 22, 2007, "The Torero's Dream"

Individual evidence

↑ The dancers of the modern or “new” artistic dance, which saw themselves in conscious opposition to the “classical” ballet, mostly did not appear on the theater stages, but on the podiums of the concert halls. This was mainly due to the dimensions of the theater stage, especially in the case of solo dance performances by a single dancer, but also to the costs and availability of dates. Generic names such as “chamber dance” or “ podium dance ” emerged, which were replaced with the art form after the Second World War. Frank-Manuel Peter : Between expressive dance and postmodern dance - Dore Hoyer's contribution to the further development of modern dance in the 1930s . Dissertation FU Berlin 2004 page 22

personal data
SURNAME	Brüsewitz, Joachim von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Seewitz, Joachim von (pseudonym); Brüsewitz, Joachim Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Oscar von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ballet dancer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 15, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH	Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH	February 23, 1966
Place of death	Hückeswagen

[1] The dancers of the modern or “new” artistic dance, which saw themselves in conscious opposition to the “classical” ballet, mostly did not appear on the theater stages, but on the podiums of the concert halls. This was mainly due to the dimensions of the theater stage, especially in the case of solo dance performances by a single dancer, but also to the costs and availability of dates. Generic names such as “chamber dance” or “ podium dance ” emerged, which were replaced with the art form after the Second World War. Frank-Manuel Peter : Between expressive dance and postmodern dance - Dore Hoyer's contribution to the further development of modern dance in the 1930s . Dissertation FU Berlin 2004 page 22