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Gret Palucca (Margarethe Paluka) was born on 8 January, 1902 in Munich, German Empire, is a German dancer. Discover Gret Palucca's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Margarethe Paluka
Occupation N/A
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 8 January, 1902
Birthday 8 January
Birthplace Munich, German Empire
Date of death 1993
Died Place Dresden, Germany
Nationality Munich

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Gret Palucca Net Worth

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1902

Gret Palucca (born Margarethe Paluka; 8 January 1902 – 22 March 1993) was a German dancer and dance teacher, notable for her dance school, the Palucca School of Dance, founded in Dresden in 1925.

Margarethe Paluka was born in Munich.

1909

Shortly after birth, her family moved to San Francisco, returning with her mother to Dresden in 1909.

1914

She had ballet lessons with Heinrich Kröller from 1914 to 1916 and from 1917 to 1918, she attended Margarete Balsat's school for upper-class girls in Dresden.

1921

From 1921, when she changed her name to Gret Palucca, until 1923, she studied with Mary Wigman and she performed as a member of her Chamber Dance Group.

1924

In 1924, she married Friedrich Bienert, who worked in his father's mills.

Through her mother-in-law, Ida Bienert, she was introduced to the Bauhaus artists.

1925

In 1925, she opened her own dance school, the Palucca School of Dance, with the support of her husband, after which she and Mary Wigman became competitors.

1927

In 1927, she opened a branch of her school in Berlin.

1931

In 1931, another branch was opened in Stuttgart.

1939

In 1939, because of her Jewish ancestry the National Socialist authorities closed her schools and she was not allowed to teach dance lessons, however she was permitted to continue dancing herself and in 1936 she even appeared in the Olympic Games in Berlin.

1945

In 1945, during the air raid on Dresden, Palucca lost all her possessions.

After 1945, the Russian style of ballet dominated the training in Palucca school.

She became founding member of the East German Academy of Arts.

1959

In 1959, East German culture policy officials wanted to see the school transformed into a Soviet-style socialist professional school of dance.

To gain support for her demands, Palucca briefly went to West Germany.

1993

In 1993, Palucca died in Dresden, aged 91.

Her students included Ruth Berghaus, Lotte Goslar and Dore Hoyer.