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Additional authors

1. Argentina, 1888-1936.
2. Gert, Valeska
3. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992.
4. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
5. Impekoven, Niddy
6. Jodjana, Raden Mas
7. Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968.
8. Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.
9. Maudrik, Lizzie
10. Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993.
11. Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943.
12. Slavenska, Mia
13. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.
14. Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.
15. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars

Description

1. 8.36 linear feet (20 boxes)

Summary

1. The Artur Michel papers primarily document the professional concerns of the dance critic and scholar after he settled in New York.

Uniform title

1. Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)

Subject

1. Dance critics
2. Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 > Correspondence
3. Dance critics > Germany > 20th century
4. Michel, Artur
5. Dance criticism
6. Argentina, 1888-1936
7. Clippings
8. Gert, Valeska > Correspondence
9. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966 > Correspondence
10. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 > Correspondence
11. Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958 > Correspondence
12. Impekoven, Niddy > Correspondence
13. Photographs
14. Jodjana, Raden Mas > Correspondence
15. Programs
16. Jewish refugees > United States
17. Jews, German > United States > Intellectual life
18. Jews, German > New York (State) > New York
19. Slavenska, Mia > Correspondence
20. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 > Correspondence
21. Maudrik, Lizzie > Correspondence
22. Correspondence
23. Georgi, Yvonne > Correspondence
24. Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943 > Correspondence
25. Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)
26. Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993 > Correspondence
27. Dance critics > United States > 20th century
28. Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 > Correspondence
29. Manuscripts

Genre/Form

1. Clippings.
2. Correspondence.
3. Manuscripts.
4. Photographs.
5. Programs.

Call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 181

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Biography (note)

1. German-born dance critic and historian Artur Ferdinand Michel (1883-1946) was a journalist and scholar who immigrated to the United States after the Nazi rise to power, settling in New York, where he became a reviewer for the German-language newspaper Aufbau and wrote articles that appeared in Dance Magazine and other publications.

Language (note)

1. The majority of the collection contains materials in German, but there are some items in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Czech.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Author

1. Michel, Artur.

Title

1. Artur Michel papers, 1832-1987 (bulk 1920-1946)

Biography

1. German-born dance critic and historian Artur Ferdinand Michel (1883-1946) was a journalist and scholar who immigrated to the United States after the Nazi rise to power, settling in New York, where he became a reviewer for the German-language newspaper Aufbau and wrote articles that appeared in Dance Magazine and other publications. He pursued a career in journalism, becoming an editor and critic for Berlin's Vossische Zeitung (1922-1934), where he covered the vibrant German dance scene. In addition to his newspaper work and interest in contemporary dance, Michel traveled extensively in Europe between 1920 and 1936, studying art, folk dance, and ballet history in France, Italy, Spain, and Austria. Michel sought to leave Germany during the mid-1930s and arrived in New York in June 1941, where he found work writing dance and theater reviews for Aufbau, which served the city's German Jewish population. Through his position on the newspaper, and as a result of reconnecting with fellow émigrés, such as Hanya Holm, he was able to familiarize himself with many developments in American dance. In late 1942, the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars awarded Michel a twelve-month fellowship to complete work on a book, Der Tanz auf der Bühne: Geschichte des Theatertanzes seit der Renaissance (History of the Theatre Dance from the Renaissance to the Present Day), that he had begun in Germany. Although he initially was unsuccessful in finding a publisher for the finished work, Michel, who had been instrumental in organizing an American effort to honor Mary Wigman on her sixtieth birthday, seemed well on his way to establishing himself within the American dance community before his sudden death in 1946.

Location of other archival materials

1. See also Artur Michel Letters, microfilm *ZBD-654 no. 3, and Scrapbook: Articles from Aufbau microfilm, *ZBD-654 no. 1 in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Language

1. The majority of the collection contains materials in German, but there are some items in English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Czech.

Indexes

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material
2. NYPL Digital Collections
3. Finding Aid

Occupation

1. Dance critics.

Added author

1. Michel, Artur. Tanz auf der Bühne.
2. Argentina, 1888-1936.
3. Gert, Valeska.
4. Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992.
5. Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
6. Impekoven, Niddy.
7. Jodjana, Raden Mas.
8. Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968.
9. Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.
10. Maudrik, Lizzie.
11. Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993.
12. Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943.
13. Slavenska, Mia.
14. Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.
15. Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.
16. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.

Added title

1. Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)

Research call number

1. (S) *MGZMD 181