Frank-Manuel Peter Monuments Man 1 Uslar 2019

Frank-Manuel Peter (born 1959) is a German

dance research Dance research is the study of dance, including dance history, ethnochoreology, dance theory, dance anthropology, and dance science. Dance research as an academic discipline is relatively new. In 1967, the first volume of the ''CORD Dance Re ...

er and historian.

Life and work

Born in Berlin, Peter studied theatre,

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German studies German studies is an academic field that researches, documents and disseminates German language, literature, and culture in its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies therefore often focus on German culture, German h ...

and

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at the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

and graduated as a

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. In 2004, he was promoted to Ph.D. with a thesis on

Dore Hoyer Dore Hoyer (12 December 1911 – 31 December 1967) was a German expressionist dancer and choreographer. She is credited as "one of the most important solo dancers of the Ausdruckstanz tradition." Inspired by Mary Wigman, she developed her own s ...

. Peter has been director of the

Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln The Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln (German Dance Archive Cologne) is a national information and research centre for concert dance in Germany. It is located in the MediaPark in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, with an archive, library, video library an ...

since 1986. He has been a lecturer since 2005 and an honorary professor for the dance studies programme at the

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music () is a public university of music and dance located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Established in 1850 as the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln, it is one of the largest music academies in Europe, w ...

since 2012. He is in charge of the book series ''Studien und Dokumente zur Tanzwissenschaft'' published by the Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, with

Walter Salmen Walter Salmen (20 September 1926 in Paderborn – 2 February 2013 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German musicologist and university lecturer. Salmen taught from 1958 to 1992 as a professor of musicology at the Saarland University and the Universit ...

and from volume 8 onwards with Gabriele Busch-Salmen the series ''Terpsichore - Tanzhistorische Studien'' and the ''Bibliographie deutschsprachiger Hochschulschriften zur Tanzwissenschaft/Tanzforschung''. Peter is a member of the advisory board of the Alexander and Renata Camaro foundation.

Publications

* ''

Valeska Gert Valeska Gert (11 January 1892 – c. 16 March 1978) was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist. Early life and career Gert was born as Gertrud Valesca Samosch in Berlin to a Jewish family. She was the ...

. Tänzerin, Schauspielerin, Kabarettistin.'' With a foreword by

Volker Schlöndorff Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He ha ...

. Frölich und Kaufmann, Berlin 1985;
2nd edition: Hentrich, Berlin 1987; * with Hedwig Müller & Garnet Schuldt: ''Dore Hoyer. Tänzerin.'' Hentrich, Berlin 1992; * ''Zwischen Ausdruckstanz und Postmodern Dance. Dore Hoyers Beitrag zur Weiterentwicklung des modernen Tanzes in den 1930er Jahren''. Dissertation. Freie Universität Berlin 2004
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. * ''Das Berliner Hansaviertel and the

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1957.'' Sutton, Erfurt 2007; * (co-author): ''Musikstadt Köln. Geschichte und Gegenwart.'' Dohr, Cologne 2013; * ''Der Maler/The Painter

Ernst Oppler Ernst Oppler (19 September 1867 1 March 1929) was a German Impressionist painter and etcher born in Hanover. Early life Ernst Oppler was the son of Edwin Oppler (1831-1880), a prominent German-Jewish architect. Ernst Oppler's brothers were ...

. Berliner Secession & Russisches Ballett/The Berlin Secession & The Russian Ballet.'' Wienand, Cologne 2017; Editorship: * with Susan Au: ''Documentation beyond performance. Dance scholarship today.'' Internationales Theaterinstitut, Berlin 1989; * ''Der Tänzer

Harald Kreutzberg Harald Kreutzberg (December 11, 1902 – April 25, 1968) was a German dancer and choreographer associated with the Ausdruckstanz movement, a form in which the individual, artistic expression of feelings or emotions is essential. Though largely fo ...

.'' Hentrich, Berlin 1997; * ''

Birgit Åkesson Anna Ida Birgit Åkesson (24 March 1908) – 24 March 2001) was a Swedish choreographer, dancer and dance researcher. Biography Birgit Åkesson was born in Malmö and trained as a dancer at Mary Wigman's school in Dresden from 1929 to 1931. A ...

. Postmoderner Tanz aus Schweden/Postmodern Dance from Sweden.'' Wienand, Cologne 1998; * ''Tanz & Eros/Dance & Eros'', Ausstellungskatalog. Photographs by Dieter Blum. Deutsches Tanzarchiv, Cologne 1998; * ''

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& Elizabeth Duncan in Deutschland''. Wienand, Cologne 2000; . *

Annelise Löffler Annelise Löffler, also Anneliese (22 March 1914 – 21 July 2000) was a German photographer. Life and career Born in Münster, Löffler's childhood and youth were overshadowed by two tragic events: her mother died very early and in 1933 also q ...

, Anneliese Planken, Wilhelm Gorré: ''Pas de trois''. Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln, Cologne 2001. * with Rainer Stamm: ''Die Sacharoffs. Zwei Tänzer aus dem Umkreis des Blauen Reiters.'' Wienand, Cologne 2002, . * Henri Justamant: ''Giselle ou les Wilis. Ballet fantastique en deux actes.'' Olms, Hildesheim 2008; * ''Die Tanzkritiken von Artur Michel in der Vossischen Zeitung von 1922 bis 1934 nebst einer Bibliographie seiner Theaterkritiken.'' Lang, Frankfurt, 2015; * With Thomas Thorausch: ''„Man ist kühn genug, um unmodern zu sein“. Klaus Geitels Tanzkritiken 1959–1979.'' Henschel, Leipzig 2019; *

: ''Ich bin eine Hexe. Kaleidoskop meines Lebens.'' Alexander, Berlin 2019; . * with Yvonne Hardt: ''Yvonne Georgi. Tagebuch und Dokumente zu Tanztourneen mit Harald Kreutzberg (1929–1931). Eine andere Recherche zu den Potenzialen einer kritischen Nachlassforschung.'' Wienand, Cologne 2019; He is for the "Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln" editor or co-editor of monographs by other authors on

Kurt Jooss Kurt Jooss (12 January 1901 – 22 May 1979)Kurt Jooss
Internationales Biographisches Arch ...

Oda Schottmüller Oda Schottmüller (9 February 1905 – 5 August 1943) was an expressive dancer, mask maker and sculptor. Schottmüller was most notable as a resistance fighter against the Nazis, through her association with a Berlin-based anti-fascist resistance ...

, Hanna Berger, Alexander von Swaine, and

Gret Palucca Gret Palucca (born Margarethe Paluka; 8 January 1902 – 22 March 1993) was a German dancer and dance teacher, notable for her dance school, the Palucca School of Dance, founded in Dresden in 1925. Life and work Margarethe Paluka was born in M ...

, as well as three

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s.Publications of the Deutschen Tanzarchivs
retrieved 10 June 2021.

References

External links

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on the website of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln {{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, FrankManuel Cultural academics Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln 1959 births Living people Artists from Berlin