SCHOOP, Trudi (auch Trudy) [1903-1999]: 2 autograph letters with place, date and signature. Van Nuys, USA, 28. März und 29. April 1977. Quarto 28 x 21.5cm. Together 3 1/2 pages.

Swiss dancer, dance therapist and cabaret artist. She began her dance career in 1920 with her own solo performances at the Zurich "Peacock Theater". Studied at the Duncan School in Vienna and at the State Ballet School in Stuttgart. From 1932 successful tours through all European countries and the USA. 1941-46 dance and direction in the Cabaret Cornichon. In 1952 she moved to the USA, where she worked successfully as a dance therapist with mentally ill people. Along with F. Boas, L. Espenak and M. Whithouse, she is considered one of the "mothers of dance theory". - 2 letters to Madeleine Müller in Onnens in Switzerland about travel and appointment plans for courses and workshops in Switzerland and Germany: "I would terribly like to come to you it was wonderful then. Would you please consider what could be done. By the way, it is my great wish to meet Gertrud Orff." - Gertrud Orff, née Willert (1914-2000) was the founder of Orff music therapy. - Kosch, Dt. Theater-Lex. 3, 2079.