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Valeska Gert (11 January 1892 – c. 16 March 1978) was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist.
The Forgotten World of the Badass Valeska Gert. On her 126th birthday, measuring the influence of the incomparable ‘dance performance artist’ who inspired entertainers from German Expressionism...
Valeska Gert; gebürtig Gertrud Valesca Samosch (* 11. Januar 1892 in Berlin; † zwischen dem 15. und 18. März [1] 1978 in Kampen (Sylt) ), war eine deutsche moderne Tänzerin, Schauspielerin und Pantomimin (bzw. alles in einem), [2] die auch als Kabarettistin [3] und Kabarett-Betreiberin tätig war.
Valeska Gert was born on 11 January 1892 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Threepenny Opera (1931), Ein Sommernachtstraum (1925) and Coup de Grâce (1976).
Jul 18, 2019 · Learn about Valeska Gert, a rebellious and subversive dancer and actor who challenged bourgeois conventions and created anti-dance performances in the 1920s. Discover how she influenced Bertolt Brecht, Fellini, Fassbinder, and punk culture.
Sep 23, 2010 · Film buffs likely remember Valeska Gert for her role as the headmistress of a reform school in the 1929 Louise Brooks film, Diary of a Lost Girl. She is the curious-looking disciplinarian who bangs a gong as the girls exercise to her orgiastic rhythm.
Sep 17, 2010 · More than 30 years after her death, admirers pay tribute to one of Germany's most enigmatic - and overlooked - artists, dancer and actress Valeska Gert.
