Toni Birkmeyer
Anton Heinrich "Toni" Birkmeyer (born April 25, 1897 in Vienna ; † August 30, 1973 there ) was an Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer .
Life
Birkmeyer comes from a family of dancers. After training at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School , which began at the age of ten , he was later a dancer and principal dancer and later head of the Vienna State Opera Ballet School.
He appeared as the protagonist of the ballets Josephs Legende , Coppelia , Scheherazade , Carneval and Der Taugenasst .
Birkmeyer was excluded from the Reichstheaterkammer in 1939 , which amounted to a professional ban. His objection was granted on condition that he parted ways with his Jewish wife Jolanthe. Since he did not intend to implement this, he planned to emigrate with her. Both were sentenced to prison in 1940/41 for listening to foreign radio stations. Toni Birkmeyer's was 18 months, his wife's was three years; she did not survive imprisonment.
Michael Birkmeyer is his son.
Filmography (selection)
- 1936: silhouettes
Web links
- Toni Birkmeyer in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Photos from the ID card index of the Gestapo Vienna
- Toni Birkmeyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photos from the Gestapo Vienna ID card index ( memento of the original from January 19, 2016 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 | Birkmeyer, Toni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Birkmeyer, Anton Heinrich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 30, 1973 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |