Trudi Schoop

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Trudi Schoop
Van Nuys, California
NationalitySwiss
Occupation(s)Dancer, Comedian and Therapist

Trudi Schoop (October 9, 1904,

Van Nuys, California) [1] was a Swiss dancer who pioneered the treatment of mental illness with dance therapy.[2]

Life and work

Born in Switzerland, the daughter of the editor of the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung,[3] Her younger sister was Hedi Schoop. Schoop was mostly self-taught, though she did study some ballet and modern dance after she was an established performer. She performed throughout the 1930s and made several tours of the United States, arranged by the impresario Sol Hurok.[2] Schoop, the performer, was often referred to as a female Charlie Chaplin.[4] She often toured often under the moniker, "Trudi Schoop and her Dancing Comedians."[5]

Schoop stayed in Switzerland during World War II, and often performed in anti-

schizophrenic
patients.

Among the several California medical institutions where Schoop worked was the

neuropsychiatrists who had reviewed her theories.[7] Schoop developed what she called body-ego technique, which used movement to help draw patients out of isolation and help them to respond to, rather than shrink from, human contact.[8]

Schoop impacted countless people and is known as one of the founders of dance/movement therapy, based on the

dance/movement therapy created by C.G:Jung in 1916. In Los Angeles she worked together with Tina Keller-Jenny.[9] Many people who studied with her mentioned her sense of humor, warmth, and love.[10]

She died in

Van Nuys, California. Her Ashes were scattered at sea, off the coast of Orange County, California [11]

References

  1. ^ Oliver, Myrna (July 21, 1999). "Obituary; Trudi Schoop; Comic Dancer, Mental Illness Therapist: [Home Edition]". Los Angeles Times. 18.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Jack (1999-07-23). "Trudi Schoop, 95, Pioneer In Therapy Using Dance". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. ^ "Comic Dancer". TIME Magazine. 1936-01-06. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  4. ^ Oliver, Myrna (July 24, 1999). "Comic dancer Trudi Schoop called female Charlie Chaplin: [Final Edition]". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Que. F.13
  5. ^ "DANCING COMEDIANS MAKE DEBUT TONIGHT: Trudi Schoop and Her Company From Switzerland to Appear Here in Two Ballets". New York Times. December 27, 1935. 14
  6. ^ Chodorow, Govine, Gould, Verebes (September 1999). "Honoring and Remembering Trudi Schoop". American Journal of Dance Therapy.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Volume 21, Iss. 2, 1.
  7. ^ a b "Trudi Schoop". Variety. 1999-08-03. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  8. ^ Goertzel, May, Salkin, Schoop (1965). "Body-ego technique: An approach to the schizophrenic patient". Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 141, 53-60.
  9. ISBN 978-1846425868
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  10. ^ Gilbert, Jeff. "Trudi Schoop: Passing on her Legacy (Thesis)".
  11. ^ "Trudi Schoop (1903-1999) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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