{"id":14941,"date":"2026-02-19T23:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/?p=14941"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T13:57:29","slug":"stage-5-kaethe-kollwitz-and-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin\/en\/theater\/stage-5-kaethe-kollwitz-and-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Stage 5: K\u00e4the Kollwitz and dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row type=”vc_default” gap=”35″][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”14982″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text css=””]K\u00e4the Kollwitz loved to dance. However, it is little known that she took interest in professional dance. Even before her nieces performed as dancers under the stage names Katta Sterna (1897\u20131984) and Maria Solveg (1907\u20131993), the artist met the Viennese modern dancer Grete Wiesenthal (1885\u20131970) in 1910. The two women remained in contact whenever Wiesenthal visited Berlin.<\/p>\n

In 1910, Kollwitz attended a guest performance by the famous Russian Ballet at the \u201cTheater des Westens\u201d. Since 1909, the troupe\u2019s performances had captivated many modern artists of the Berlin Secession and inspired them in their own work. Although Kollwitz did not devote any artworks to dance, she enjoyed attending dance performances, including those by her nieces. At the time, the press compared the emerging style of expressive dance, which Kollwitz followed with great interest, to the expressive gestures in her own artistic work.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”35″ content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1770821468858{background-color: #80152A !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”white-h3 white-p”]<\/p>\n

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