Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Michel, Artur.

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Additional Authors

• Michel, Artur.
• Argentina, 1888-1936.
• Gert, Valeska.
• Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992.
• Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.
• Impekoven, Niddy.
• Jodjana, Raden Mas.
• Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968.
• Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.
• Maudrik, Lizzie.
• Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993.
• Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943.
• Slavenska, Mia.
• Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.
• Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.

Description

8.36 linear feet (20 boxes)

Summary

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

Uniform Title

Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)

Subjects

• Dance critics
• Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973 > Correspondence
• Dance critics > Germany > 20th century
• Michel, Artur
• Dance criticism
• Argentina, 1888-1936
• Clippings
• Gert, Valeska > Correspondence
• Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966 > Correspondence
• Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 > Correspondence
• Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958 > Correspondence
• Impekoven, Niddy > Correspondence
• Photographs
• Jodjana, Raden Mas > Correspondence
• Programs
• Jewish refugees > United States
• Jews, German > United States > Intellectual life
• Jews, German > New York (State) > New York
• Slavenska, Mia > Correspondence
• Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992 > Correspondence
• Maudrik, Lizzie > Correspondence
• Correspondence
• Georgi, Yvonne > Correspondence
• Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943 > Correspondence
• Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)
• Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993 > Correspondence
• Dance critics > United States > 20th century
• Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968 > Correspondence
• Manuscripts

Genre/Form

• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Manuscripts.
• Photographs.
• Programs.

Location of Other Archival Materials (note)

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

Biography (note)

• 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)

• 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)

• Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 181

OCLC

80719335

Author

Michel, Artur.

Title

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

Biography

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

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

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

Indexes

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Dance critics.

Added Author

Michel, Artur. Tanz auf der Bühne.

Argentina, 1888-1936.

Gert, Valeska.

Holm, Hanya, 1893-1992.

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958.

Impekoven, Niddy.

Jodjana, Raden Mas.

Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968.

Laban, Rudolf von, 1879-1958.

Maudrik, Lizzie.

Palucca, Gret, 1902-1993.

Schlemmer, Oskar, 1888-1943.

Slavenska, Mia.

Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966.

Wigman, Mary, 1886-1973.

Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.

Added Title

Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

(S) *MGZMD 181