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Apr 25, 2021 · Manfred Fischbeck, the co-founder, co-artistic and executive director of Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater in Philadelphia, was a creative force who believed in the power of dance and all art forms as vital languages of expression, communication and transformation to be shared by all human beings.
Apr 1, 2021 · Manfred Fischbeck, 80, of Philadelphia, a celebrated avant-garde dancer who blended improvisation, multimedia, and technology into intercultural dance performances, died Wednesday, March 17, of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
- Gary Miles
Manfred Fischbeck was born in Tanzania, Africa, and spent his formative years at the end of World War II and the period after the War in Stendal, East Germany. He began his musical studies at an early age with practice on piano and violin and singing in the choir.
Manfred Fischbeck is the artistic and executive director of Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater. Originally from Berlin, Germany, he studied literature and theater at the Freie Universitaet and was professionally engaged as an actor in theater and film before he moved to dance and joined the Modern Dance Company Gruppe Motion Berlin.
May 18, 2021 · Manfred Fischbeck passed away March 17. His impact and legacy for dance in Philadelphia lives on. I spoke to many of his dancers and friends and went back through dozens of my own and other articles to choose high points of Fischbeck’s life and work.
May 4, 2021 · Manfred Fischbeck, a celebrated avant-garde dancer who held well-regarded performances and workshops in the Philadelphia area and who was a lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences’ department of theatre arts, died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm on March 17.
1967, for the creation of Countdown for Orpheus, their first multi-media production, Manfred Fischbeck joined the company as collaborator, filmmaker and dramaturge. 1968 Herrmann, Gottschild, and Fischbeck relocated to Philadelphia.
