!!!Wiesenthal, Grete

b. Vienna, Dec. 9, 1885, 
d. Vienna, June 22, 1970, ballet dancer. 1902 soloist of the Vienna 
Court Opera Ballet; Professor at the Vienna School of Performing Arts 
from 1934-1952. Before World War I she created, with her sisters 
Elsa and Berta W. a new dancing style based on the  Vienna waltz 
("G.-W. technique"), which greatly influenced modern dance ( ballet); 
founded her own dance group and dancing school in 1912.

!Works
Ballets: Die Biene, 1916 (music by C. v. Franckenstein); 
Der Geburtstag der Infantin, 1916 (lyrics by O. Wilde, music by F. 
Schreker); Der Taugenichts von Wien, 1930. - Choreographies and 
dances. - Writings: Der Aufstieg, 1919 (autobiography); Die ersten 
Schritte, 1947; Iffi, Roman einer Taenzerin, 1951.

!Literature
R. Huber-Wiesenthal, Die Schwestern W., 1934; I. Prenner, 
G. W., doctoral thesis, Vienna 1950; L. M. Fiedler and M. 
Lang, G. W., 1985; R. Witzmann (ed.), Die neue Koerpersprache, 
G. W. und ihr Tanz, exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1985.



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