I am researching dance teachers from northern Germany, in particular the family Knoll of ballet masters in Hamburg, – a forgotten but fascinating chapter both of local and dance history – and August von Wobeser-Rosenhain, dancing master at the university of Kiel.
Visit:
Article in German: „Das Velociped erobert Hamburger Ballsäle„
Extended version as a video in English
Lecture Pride and Prejudice: Truth about Thomas Mann’s ballet master, Rudolph Knoll
Lecture, held 18 May 2021, for the Verein für Hamburgische Geschichte
- as video: Rudolph Knoll – Tanzlehrer der Hanseaten
Lecture, held for Dance & History Online 2022
Article about dance lessons in Wismar 1800 – 1860 in Wismarer Beiträge, Heft 28 (2022), see
https://zeitreise-wismar.de/wismarer-beitraege/
Previous dates:
15 – 19 June 2022
The international Historical Dance Symposium
Burg Rothenfels am Main
See my article in the symposium’s proceedings:
Der Ball. Geselligkeit – Macht – Politik. 1600 – 1900
5. Symposion für Historischen Tanz Burg Rothenfels am Main, 15. – 19. Juni 2022.
Tagungsband
herausgegeben von Uwe Schlottermüller, Howard Weiner und Maria Richter, 289 S., ISBN 978 3 931344 12 2; € 30.-