Pola Nirenska performing Krzyk (Cry) in 1933 at the International Competition for Solo Dance
Born
(1910-07-28)July 28, 1910
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died
July 25, 1992(1992-07-25) (aged 81)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality
Polish American
Education
Wigman School
Notable work
Cry (1934); A Scarecrow Remembers (1946); In Memory of Those I Loved...Who Are No More (1990)
Movement
Modern dance
Spouse(s)
John Justinian de Ledesma (m. 1946; div. 1949); Jan Karski (m. 1965)
Awards
Eighth place 1933 International Competition for Solo Dance First prize (choreography) 1934 Cry – International Dance Congress Second prize (performance) 1934 Cry – International Dance Congress
Pola Nirenska (28 July 1910 — 25 July 1992), born Pola Nirensztajn, was a Polish performer of modern dance. She had a critically acclaimed if brief career in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Poland in the 1930s before fleeing the continent in 1935 due to rising antisemitism. She spent 14 years in the United Kingdom, primarily entertaining refugees, troops, and war workers. She emigrated to the United States in 1949 and settled in Washington, D.C., where she was widely acknowledged as the city's leading choreographer and performer of modern dance until her death.
PolaNirenska (28 July 1910 — 25 July 1992), born Pola Nirensztajn, was a Polish performer of modern dance. She had a critically acclaimed if brief career...
Cemetery in Washington, next to the graves of his wife, PolaNirenska, and brother Marian. He and Pola had no children. On 2 June 1982, Yad Vashem recognised...
(Jewish History Quarterly). In 2008 he was awarded the Jan Karski and PolaNireńska Award by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research for his achievements...
ballerina Ruth Abramovitsch Sorel and member of Wigman's dance company PolaNirenska, whom Wigman had organized to perform at a school audition in 1935 and...
Fulbrights in dance and won seven Metro D.C. Dance Awards as well as the PolaNirenska Award. He has been honored by the Smithsonian Institution and was a...
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. and some correspondence in the PolaNirenska collection at the Library of Congress. The Erika Thimey Dance and Theatre...
filmmaker, heart attack. Alfred Drake, 77, American actor, cancer. PolaNireńska, 81, Polish modern dancer, suicide. Vittorio Sanipoli, 76, Italian actor...
1999 George Washington University, Columbian Professorship Award 2001 PolaNirenska Award for Exceptional Creative Contribution, Washington Performing Arts...
with works by Hanna Berger, Gertrud Bodenwieser, Andrei Jerschik, and PolaNirenska. Hanna Berger: Retouchings. Scenic Project with works by Nikolaus Adler...
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