Suzanne Perrottet
Suzanne Perrottet (born September 13, 1889 in Rolle VD ; † August 10, 1983 in Zurich ) was a Swiss dancer , dance and movement teacher , choreographer and musician.
Life
Perrottet received training as a violinist at the Geneva Conservatory with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze , and later also in his special class for rhythmic gymnastics . As a qualified teacher of rhythmic gymnastics (1909) she followed Jaques-Dalcroze in 1910 to the educational institute for music and rhythm in Hellerau . There she taught among others Mary Wigman , Marie Rambert and Gustav Güldenstein.
In 1912/13 she went to Vienna to give courses in the Jaques-Dalcroze method. In 1913 she joined Rudolf von Laban on Monte Verità and was his closest colleague in Zurich during the First World War . In 1918 she took over the school, the name of which she changed several times and where she taught until 1979.
From 1916–1917 she took part in DADA evenings at Cabaret Voltaire , playing current compositions by various composers, her own works and improvisations on the piano.
Doctors like Max Bircher-Benner and Carl Gustav Jung sent their patients to Perrottet, and teachers, architects and actors also visited their school. In 1936 she received a teaching position at the ETH Zurich for rhythmic gymnastics, expressive movement and instructions for musical accompaniment. Perrottet became a teacher for pantomime , gymnastics and dance at the Zurich stage studio . In 1939 she was co-founder and until 1955 a member of the board of the Swiss Professional Association for Dance and Gymnastics (SBTG).
In 1990, the library of the Kunsthaus Zürich took over Suzanne Perrottet's estate as a gift from her heirs.
literature
- Ursula Pellaton: Perrottet, Suzanne. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Suzanne Perrottet - an eventful life , Giorgio Wolfensberger (ed.). Quadriga Verlag, Weinheim, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-88679-246-3 .
- Horst Koegler , Helmut Günther : Reclams Ballettlexikon. Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010328-2 .
- Giorgio Wolfensberger (Ed.): Movements. From the picture archive of the dancer Suzanne Perrottet. Frey Verlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-905929-50-8 .
- Suzanne Perrottet - The Liberation of the Body. Memories. Nimbus Verlag, Wädenswil 2015.
Web links
- Ursula Pellaton: Suzanne Perrottet . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1394.
- Review by Edith Wolf Perez on tanz.at of the book Suzanne Perrottet: The Liberation of the Body. memories
- Gisela Sonnenburg: Discovery of a silent revolutionary woman , Ballett-Journal, July 31, 2015. Review of the book Suzanne Perrottet: The Liberation of the Body. memories
Individual evidence
- ↑ Suzanne Perrottet - The Liberation of the Body. Memories. Nimbus Verlag, 2015
- ↑ Suzanne Perrottet's estate on the website of the Kunsthaus Zürich.
- ↑ Description on the publisher's website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Perrottet, Suzanne |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss dancer and teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Role VD |
DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1983 |
Place of death | Zurich |