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Anita Berber (10 June 1899 – 10 November 1928) was a German dancer, actress, and writer who was the subject of an Otto Dix painting. She lived during the time of the Weimar Republic . Early life.
Mar 5, 2017 · 845. 116K views 7 years ago. In this video, there are two different dance sequences performed by extreme Weimar Republic cabaret dancer, actress, and extreme performance artist Anita Berber. Each...
Mar 18, 2022 · Anita Berber, the taboo-busting, sexually omnivorous, fashion forward, frequently naked star of the Weimar Republic cabaret scene, tops our list of performers we really wish we’d been able to see live.
Jul 18, 2022 · Born on 10 June 1899 in Dresden Germany, Anita Berber shocked and entertained the cabaret and bourgeois crowds of the Weimar Republic right up to her untimely death at the age of 29. Film star, nude dancer, “princess of debauchery” and subject of an Otto Dix painting, Berber was unapologetically herself.
Mar 28, 2019 · Here, BBC journalist Alice Hutton talks Anita Berber, a scandalous cabaret star of pre-Nazi Germany who lived fast, died young, and celebrated public queer identity.
German dancer who epitomized the decadent spirit of the Berlin cabaret scene of the Weimar Republic. Born into a respectable middle-class family in Leipzig in 1899 (some sources state 1898); died of tuberculosis and drug addiction in 1928; daughter of Felix Berber (a concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra).
By 1925, Anita Berber had fallen from celebrated, fashionable dancer to ‘priestess of depravity’, infamous for her nude dances, drug use, and scandalous outfits for such roles as Salome and other ‘evil’ women.
