Benutzer:Laben/Judith Berg Fibich

Judith Berg Fibich (* 16. Februar 1912 in Lodz ; 19. August 1992 New York) war eine polnische Tänzerin und Choreografin.

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Geboren als Judith Weinberg. Eine Schester Tola

Sie heiratete im August 1942 Felix Fibich (* 5. August 1917 in Warschau; 20.März 2014 in Manhattan) in Ashkahbad.

Soviet-controlled Bialystok.There he found Ms. Berg working for a Yiddish comic revue. They toured the Soviet Union with the troupe and married in Turkmenistan before returning to Poland in 1946. In 1949, they performed in Paris before moving to New York the next year.

After moving to the United States in 1950, he and Judith Berg, his wife and first dance teacher, became known through concerts and workshops as experts in theatricalizing Jewish dance traditions.

Mrs. Fibich was born in Lodz, Poland, and trained in modern dance there. She studied with Mary Wigman in Germany and opened a dance school in Warsaw, where she developed Hasidic-influenced works. She and Mr. Fibich, who had been her student, ran the school together.

Sie starb im Mt. Sinai Hospital an einer Lungenentzündung.

Weblinks / Enzelnachweise

• http://collection.mjhnyc.org/index.php?g=detail&object_id=18932
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14313995
• http://www.jbriningber.com/Fibich_E_Jan_11_07.pdf
• http://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/29/obituaries/judith-berg-fibich-80-jewish-choreographer.html
• http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Dance/Theatrical_Dance