Helmut Günther
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Helmut Günther (4 August 1911 – 17 February 1983) was a German dance journalist and dance historian. He wrote standard works, including about African dance, social dance and jazz dance.
Life[edit]
Born in Michelfeld, Günther studied history, German, English, comparative linguistics and philosophy in Tübingen and Bristol. Afterwards he worked as a teacher and later as a councillor of studies in Neckarsulm and Stuttgart.[1] Günther had come to folk dance as a member of the Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend, later also to social dance and dancesport. He also took ballet lessons at Albert Burger's school in Stuttgart. He first published on social dance, then increasingly on jazz dance and on non-Western dance cultures. He was the only dance expert to create terminology to deal with African dance featured.[1][2] His numerous publications in professional journals, in the Stuttgarter Zeitung, Die Zeit and on radio also include his research on Albert Burger's collaboration with Oskar Schlemmer at the Triadic Ballet.[3][4] At Stuttgart's John Cranko Schule, he taught dance history for a time.[1]
Günther died in Stuttgart at the age of 71. Günther's estate is preserved in the Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln.[5]
Work[edit]
- (with Helmut Schäfer): Vom Schamanentanz zur Rumba. Die Geschichte des Gesellschaftstanzes. Ifland, Stuttgart 1959, 3rd edition. 1993.
- Grundphänomene und Grundbegriffe des afrikanischen und afro-amerikanischen Tanzes. Universal-Edition, Graz 1969, 3rd edition 1977.
- Tanzunterricht in Deutschland. Eine kultursoziologische Studie. Deutscher Bundesverband Tanz, Remscheid 1970, 2nd unchanged edition. 1991.
- (with Hubert Haag): Vom Rock'n Roll bis Soul. Die modernen Poptänze von 1954 bis 1976. Hepp, Ostfildern-Nellingen 1976.
- Jazz dance. Geschichte, Theorie, Praxis. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1980, 4th edition 1990. – Heinrichshofen, Wilhelmshaven 3rd edition. 1984.
- Die Tänze und Riten der Afro-Amerikaner. Verlag Dance Motion, Bonn 1982.
- (with Horst Koegler, ed.): Reclams Ballettlexikon. Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1984. ISBN 3-15-010328-2 Search this book on
. - Jazz dance: Geschichte, Theorie, Praxis (in German) Heinrichshofen 1982[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Horst Koegler: Helmut Günther. In: Horst Koegler, Helmut Günther (Ed.): Reclams Ballettlexikon. Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1984, p. 191.
- ↑ Hubrig, Silke (2002). Afrikanischer Tanz: zu den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen in der deutschen Tanzpädagogik (in Deutsch). Diplomica. ISBN 978-3-83-245550-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, 6 July 1963
- ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 November 1964
- ↑ Helmut Günther (in German) Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln
- ↑ Günther, Helmut (July 30, 1982). Jazz dance: Geschichte, Theorie, Praxis. Heinrichshofen. ISBN 978-3-7959-0310-7 – via Google Books. Search this book on
Further reading[edit]
- Günther, Helmut (20 October 1978). "Freiheit durch den Körper". Die Zeit (in Deutsch). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Helmut Günther in the German National Library catalogue
- Koegler, Horst / Günther, Helmut / Reclams Ballettlexikon (in German) katalog.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
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