Choreographer · Dancer

María Fux

Argentine dancer (1922–2023)

Born 1922 · Buenos AiresDied 2023Argentina
María Fux
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María Fux was an Argentine choreographer and dancer, born in 1922 in Buenos Aires, who died in 2023.

Biography

María Fux (2 January 1922 – 31 July 2023) was an Argentine dancer, choreographer, and dance therapist. She developed a dance therapy system, in Argentina, later establishing dance schools in Argentina and Europe, training physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, doctors, teachers of dance and of gymnastics, psychotherapists, psychologists, and teachers working with people with disabilities.

Fux was invited to institutions, conferences, and seminars to witness their experiences with issues related to deafness, Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, autistic individuals, elderly, and various other disabilities. She turned 100 in January 2022, and died on 31 July 2023, at the age of 101.

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Contemporaries

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