Yet another centenary.The Hilde Holger Centenary Project was launched in October in London by the Austrian Cultural Forum and Holger's daughter, Primavera pri·ma·ve·ra 1 or pri·ma ve·ra n. 1. A tree (Cybistax donnellsmithii) of Mexico and Guatemala, having opposite, palmately compound leaves, yellow flowers, and close-grained, light-colored wood. 2. Boman. So, who was Hilde Holger? She was an Austrian-born expressionist ex·pres·sion·ism n. A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences. ex·pres dancer and a student of Gertrude Bodenweiser in Vienna. She was influenced by Isadora Duncan, the Bauhaus movement, and Freud, who was a family friend. Fleeing Austria after Nazi Germany's annexation of the country in 1939, she spent the World War II years in India, mostly in Bombay, where she founded her School for Art for Modern Movement. In 1948 Holger resettled Adj. 1. resettled - settled in a new location relocated settled - established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled in London, where she opened another school, collaborated with leading artists, and served as a mentor to avant-garde dancers and choreographers This is a list of choreographers A
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