Ernst Uthoff was a choreographer and ballet dancer, born in 1904 in Duisburg, who died in 1993.
Biography
Ernst Uthoff Biefang (28 December 1904, Duisburg, German Empire – 19 February 1993, Santiago, Chile) was a German-born Chilean ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. Uthoff danced for Kurt Jooss's company alongside his future wife, Lola Botka, and Rudolf Pescht. In 1945, the trio co-founded the Chilean National Ballet. Uthoff won the National Prize of Art of Chile in 1984.
Uthoff and Botka had two sons, including the choreographer, dancer and director Michael Uthoff.
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