Central studio for entertainment art

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The Central Studio for Entertainment Art was a training facility for entertainers in the GDR .

history

The state-controlled central studio for entertainment art was created in January 1968 at the former East Berlin technical school for artistry. In addition to the previous artistic training, it served the training and further education of entertainment musicians in the GDR. Furthermore, popular music should be scientifically researched and the education strengthened. From 1968 to 1971 the actor Fred Praski was director of the Central Studio for Entertainment Arts . The training did not meet expectations, so the studio was closed in 1973. The tasks of the studio were taken over by the newly founded committee for entertainment arts, the school was called from 1974 State Technical College for Artistry.

education

In the musical field, in addition to singing lessons, the training included subjects such as ballet and speech training as well as instruction in Marxism-Leninism , as is customary at universities in the GDR.

Graduates

The graduates of the Central Studio for Entertainment Art include numerous singers such as Bettina Wegner , Monika Hauff and later her duet partner Klaus-Dieter Henkler , Aurora Lacasa , Brigitte Ahrens , Beate Barwandt , Jürgen Walter , Peter Albert , Barbara Thalheim and in 1973 Nina Hagen . The training was considered a degree. The degree was a diploma with which one could describe oneself as a "state-certified pop singer".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Text on broadcasting policy (PDF file; 214 kB), accessed on September 28, 2011
  2. ^ Website of the Berlin State Archives ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 27, 2011
  3. ↑ Neues Deutschland from January 12, 1968, p. 2
  4. ↑ Portrait at defa-stern hours.de , accessed on September 27, 2011
  5. ↑ Götz Hintze: Rock Lexicon of the GDR . 2nd Edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-303-9 , p. 314
  6. ^ History of the Ballet School Berlin ( Memento from April 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 28, 2011
  7. ↑ Bettina Wegner's biography , accessed on September 27, 2011