Gertrude Bodenwieser (1890-1959) was a dancer, teacher and choreographer trained in classical ballet, but soon turned to modern.  Between 1920 and 1938 she taught at the  Vienna State Academy for Music and Drama, where she was appointed Professor in 1926. In 1923, Bodenwieser established her own dance company, Tanzgruppe Bodenwieser, which toured extensively in Europe, also visiting New York and Japan. Following the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938, Bodenwieser and her husband fled to France. Bodenwieser emigrated to Australia in 1939 and established the Bodenwieser Ballet in Sydney. She choreographed approximately 300 dance works, including dance dramas and comedies, group dances and solo dances, as well as dances for operettas and plays.

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Eugenie Schwarzwald
Photo, ca. 1905