Wigman

[ vig-mahn ]

noun

1. Mary, 1886–1973, German dancer and choreographer.

Example Sentences

In modern dance, where innovators like Mary Wigman and Martha Graham were able to form their own successful companies, things might have been different.

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I was listening to Tilda Swinton do an interview about it, and she pulled a lot of her references from a pre-Pina choreographer called Mary Wigman.

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When she makes a reference to a choreographer like the German expressionist Mary Wigman, she is exploring her own lineage; Ms. Woodbury, her teacher, studied with Wigman.

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A dance exploring the notion of homage — as a guiding force and sometimes a suffocating one — “Elizabeth” is full of quotations from choreographers, including Wigman, Isadora Duncan, José Limón, Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown.

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Martha Graham, only a few years younger, was inspired in the 1920s by what she heard of Wigman.

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