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Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy (died 1981)
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Irmgard Bartenieff
American physical therapist and dance therapist (1900–1981)
Irmgard Bartenieff was a German-born American dance theorist, dancer, choreographer, physical therapist, and a leading pioneer of dance therapy. A student of Rudolf Laban, she pursued cross-cultural dance analysis, and generated a new vision of possibilities for human movement…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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