Meta Vidmar (born Metoda Vidmar, 15 May 1899,

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– 1 November 1975,

) was the first Slovene

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r, notable for establishing the

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dance school in Ljubljana in 1930, the first modern dance school in

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Meta Vidmar was the sister of the literary critic and politician

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, the chess master

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, the Yugoslavia gymnastics team coach for the

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in 1948 Stane Vidmar, and the publisher Ciril Vidmar (her twin). In 1927, she graduated from the dance school in

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established and led by

, with whom she spent seven years and who gave her a license to open a dance school in her name in Slovenia. Her school in Ljubljana taught the first Slovene dancers and teachers of

, such as

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, and

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, who then taught subsequent classes of contemporary dancers in Slovenia after

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.Slovo plesalke in plesne pedagoginje Žive Kraigher
- Živa Kraigher, ena od pionirk slovenskega sodobnega plesa, article on RTV Slovenia website, 21 May 2011.

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*2012 Zajc, Jasmina. ''Razvoj sodobnega plesa v Sloveniji''. MA thesis, Littoral University, Koper *2011 Knez, Jasna
''V spomin: Živa Kraigher plesalka''. Priloga Primorskih novic, Koper, 6.6.
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, 10 February, Ljubljana *2009 Rupnik, Urša. ''Izrazni ples - izginjajoča veja slovenskega sodobnega umetniškega plesa?'', BA thesis, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana *200
Sodobni ples na Slovenskem
''Intakt Dance Studio, established in 1987'' website, Ljubljana *2003 Uršula Teržan. ''Sodobni ples v Sloveniji'', Knjižnica Mestnega gledališča ljubljanskega, Ljubljana *1975 Marija Vogelnik. ''Sodobni ples na Slovenskem'', Knjižnica Kinetikon I., Ljubljana *1952 Programski letak Javne produkcije Plesne šole Mete Vidmarjeve, Drama SNG Ljubljana, 4.7. *1936 Valens Vodušek. Plesna šola Mete Vidmarjeve, ''Slovenski dom, 2.7'', Ljubljana {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidmar, Meta 1899 births 1975 deaths People from Ljubljana Slovenian female dancers Expressionist dancers

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