Jeanna Falk

Jeanna Bjuggren, known by her maiden name Jeanna Falk (15 August 1901 - 16 July 1980[1]) was a Swedish dancer and dance teacher.

Falk was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied dance and music in Hellerau, Dresden, she studied under Jaques-Dalcroze 1920-1921 and Mary Wigman 1921-1923, where she was teaching a diploma. Jeanna Falk debuted after dancing evenings on the continent in Stockholm in 1924. She learned the art of expressive movement at the plastic Institute. She undertook study trips to Germany, Austria and Italy. Falk became a teacher at the Royal Dramatic Theatre on the topic of dance in 1926 and at the Royal College of Music, Stockholm from 1939. She performed dance pieces of a Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1927, and the Merchant of Venice at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1930, and inside the gates at Vasateatern in 1936.[2]

Jeanna Falk, whose parents were Ferdinand Falk and Ida Rosenberger, married Björn Bjuggren (1904–1968) in 1933.[2] She died in 1980 in Stockholm[1] and was buried at Lidingö Cemetery.[3]

Further reading
  • Boman, Birgit (2001). Amasoner och trollpackor: fyra svenska danskonstnärer under mellankrigstiden. Chora (Stockholm), 1403-4832 ; 3 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Carlsson. ISBN 91-7203-413-0.
  • Nordiskt forum för dansforskning. Konferens (1995). Tradition & förnyelse: rapport från NOFOD-konferensen i Stockholm 5-8 januari 1995 (in Swedish). Stockholm: NOFOD.

References
  1. Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
  2. Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1945). Vem är vem?. D. 1, Stockholmsdelen [Who is Who?. D. 1, Stockholm part] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Vem är vem bokförlag. p. 209.
  3. "Jeanna Falk-Bjuggren" (in Swedish). Finngraven.se. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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