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Slovene modern dancer
Meta Vidmar (born Metoda Vidmar ,
[1] 15 May 1899,
Ljubljana – 1 November 1975,
Ljubljana ) was the first
Slovene
modern dancer , notable for establishing the
Mary Wigman dance school in Ljubljana in 1930, the first modern dance school in
Slovenia .
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Life
Meta Vidmar was the sister of the literary critic and politician
Josip Vidmar , the chess master
Milan Vidmar , the Yugoslavia gymnastics team coach for the
Olympic games in
London in 1948 Stane Vidmar,
[3] and the publisher Ciril Vidmar (her twin).
[4]
In 1927, she graduated from the dance school in
Dresden established and led by
Mary Wigman , with whom she spent seven years and who gave her a license to open a dance school in her name in Slovenia.
Her school in Ljubljana taught the first Slovene dancers and teachers of
modern dance , such as
Marta Paulin ,
Živa Kraigher , and
Marija Vogelnik , who then taught subsequent classes of contemporary dancers in Slovenia after
World War II .
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See also
References
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Metoda Vidmar, in Slovene biographical lexicon (Slovenski biografski leksikon), 2009, Ljubljana
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Lakner, Daša (2006). Sodobni ples: Meta Vidmar
Archived 2011-05-23 at the
Wayback Machine , Publikacije.net. Archived by WebCite® at
https://www.webcitation.org/66UtYzpHD?url=http://dat.si/publikacije/Article/Sodobni-ples--Meta-Vidmar/48
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Stane Vidmar, in Slovene biographical lexicon (Slovenski biografski leksikon), 2009, Ljubljana
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Ciril Vidmar, Slovenski biografski leksikon , 2009, Ljubljana
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Alenka Puhar et al (2007)
Pozabljena polovica (Forgotten half - 129 notable women from 19th in 20th century in Slovenia) ,
Slovene Academy of Arts and Sciences & Tuma Publishing, Ljubljana,
ISBN
978-9616-6820-15
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Slovo plesalke in plesne pedagoginje Žive Kraigher - Živa Kraigher, ena od pionirk slovenskega sodobnega plesa, article on RTV Slovenia website, 21 May 2011.
Sources
2012 Zajc, Jasmina. Razvoj sodobnega plesa v Sloveniji . MA thesis, Littoral University, Koper
2011 Knez, Jasna.
V spomin: Živa Kraigher plesalka . Priloga Primorskih novic, Koper, 6.6.
2010
Upornice na prepihu zgodovine ,
Delo , 10 February, Ljubljana
2009 Rupnik, Urša. Izrazni ples - izginjajoča veja slovenskega sodobnega umetniškega plesa? , BA thesis, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana
2009
Sodobni ples na Slovenskem , Intakt Dance Studio, established in 1987 website, Ljubljana
2003 Uršula Teržan. Sodobni ples v Sloveniji , Knjižnica Mestnega gledališča ljubljanskega, Ljubljana
1975 Marija Vogelnik. Sodobni ples na Slovenskem , Knjižnica Kinetikon I., Ljubljana
1952 Programski letak Javne produkcije Plesne šole Mete Vidmarjeve, Drama SNG Ljubljana, 4.7.
1936 Valens Vodušek. Plesna šola Mete Vidmarjeve, Slovenski dom, 2.7 , Ljubljana