Ellinor Tordis

Ellinor Tordis
A white woman in a body-skimming white dress, standing; she is tilted sideways from the waist, and her arms are bent to frame her face.
Ellinor Tordis, photographed by Anton Josef Trčka in 1926.

Ellinor Tordis, pseudonym of Ellinor Wachsmuth[1] (1895–1973) was an Austrian dancer and dance educator in Vienna in the 1920s.

Early life

Tordis was born in 1895 in Dresden.[1]

Career

Tordis danced as a member of the Münchener Tanz-Drei,[2] and ran a school in Vienna,[3] focused on movement ideas from modern dance and gymnastics.[4][5] Among her students were dancers Gisela Taglicht[6] and Hans Wiener (Jan Veen),[7] and actress Vilma Degischer.[8] Her accompanist for a time was pianist and dancer Gertrud Kraus,[2] and Anne Winter headed the gymnastics department.[9]

Tordis was a proponent of coordinated mass gymnastics, or Bewegungschöre, as positive expressions of social unity and public health.[10][11] She and her group performed at the Festival of Music and Theatre in Vienna in 1924.[12]

Personal life

Tordis died on April 3, 1973, in Vienna. She was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery on April 12, 1973.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Tordis, Ellinor". litkult1920er.aau.at (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. ^ a b Toepfer, Karl Eric (1997). Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935. University of California Press. pp. 190, 237, 269. ISBN 978-0-520-91827-6.
  3. ^ Spiegel, Nina S. (2013-06-01). Embodying Hebrew Culture: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine. Wayne State University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8143-3637-3.
  4. ^ Weber, Jody Marie (2009). The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston. Cambria Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-60497-621-2.
  5. ^ Jackson, George (March 20, 2020). "Hedi Pope Centennial". danceviewtimes. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  6. ^ Dart, Margaret. "Taglicht, Gisela". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Te Ara. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  7. ^ "A New School of Dancing; Well Known Viennese Dancer in Shanghai". North China Herald. November 27, 1926. p. 20 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
  8. ^ "Vilma Degischer". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  9. ^ "Dancer to Give Demonstration". The Ithaca Journal. 1940-04-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-04-04 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Painter, Karen (2002-08-18). Mahler and His World. Princeton University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-691-09244-7.
  11. ^ Lindgren, Allana; Ross, Stephen (2015-06-05). The Modernist World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-69615-5.
  12. ^ WARREN, JOHN (2006). "David Josef Bach and the 'Musik- und Theaterfest' of 1924". Austrian Studies. 14: 122, 134. doi:10.1353/aus.2006.0022. ISSN 1350-7532. JSTOR 27944803. S2CID 245850281.
  13. ^ "Verstorbenensuche". www.friedhoefewien.at (in German). Archived from the original on 2021-05-24. Retrieved 2021-05-24.