Maria Fux, pioneer of dance therapy, died at the age of 101

2023-08-01 17:53:09

Time.news – The Argentine dancer and choreographer Maria Fuxpioneer of modern dance and creator of a dance therapy system for the disabled, has died at 101.

Motivated by the difficulties of a friend’s deaf daughter, Fux developed a method of dance therapy becoming “a pioneer of inclusion“, the Argentine Ministry of Culture wrote in a statement.

The Fux school has scattered branches around the world, from Spain to Italy, from Brazil to Chile. “A lot of people believe that dance is a set of little steps, I believe that life is dance, it’s movementMaria Fux said. Her last appearance on stage was at the age of 89 and until last year, now centenary, she occasionally attended some classes.

Fux was born in Buenos Aires on January 2, 1922 of Jewish parents who fled Odessa to escape persecution. She became fascinated with dance by reading Isadora Duncan’s autobiography and began to explore various forms of non-verbal communication.

In 1953 he went to the United States to study with Martha Graham. She was a soloist at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires between 1954 and 1960. Then she devoted herself to the development and diffusion of her method throughout the world.