Codice albumGBB-F-000755

Image IDGBB-F-000755-0000

1943 ca, Berlin, Germany: The avantgarde german dancer, choreographer and film actor HARALD KREUTZBERG (1902 in Reichenberg - 1968 in Gumligen, Bern). Following the high School, Kreutzberg make studies at"Dresden Arts and Crafts School"to train graphic designers and illustrators, in parallel, he took ballet lessons in an amateur group in the Mary Wigman Tanzschule, whre the ballerina Berthe Trumpy see the Kreutzberg extraordinary talent and his creativity dancing. In 1924 Kreutzberg moved with friend Max Terpis in"Berlin StaatsOper", where the director Max Reinhardt discovered the new dancer, who in 1927 wanted him for the Salzburg Festival. Subsequently, he joined a"duo"with ballerina Yvonne Georgi its first successful tour in the U.S.A. Other guest appearances in the U.S. accounted Kreutzberg as a figurehead of the German Dance renown. After 1945, Kreutzberg began his career as a dancer continued 1955 and founded their own dance school in Berne. In 1959 he gave his guest farewell at Willy Maertens in Hamburg's Thalia Theater, where he once again demonstrated his artistic and dancing skills.

Fotografo: Enkelmann

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