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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Vera Griner
- Vera Griner (née Alvang), was a Russian rhythmitician, born 5 April 1890 in Saint Petersburg, died 24 June 1992 in Moscow.
- Her father, Alexander Alvang, was a well-known barrister.
- Since 1908 the Alvang family had been living in Munich.
- It was here that Alvang became acquainted with Rhythmics.
- In 1911 she came to Dresden, where she took lessons from Dalcroze, and attended the newly founded Hellerau Institute.
- In 1912 Alvang, together with several pupils of Dalcroze came to St.
- Petersburg to train to be a teacher with courses set by Prince Serge Wolkonsky.
- After a year she was a teacher and a student of Hellerau, and in May 1913 she graduated from the Institute and returned to St.
- Petersburg to commence teaching, which she continued to do until 1970. Alongside the courses, she gave lectures to audiences in St.
- Petersburg.
- In her archives there is a list of places where she worked detailing more than 30 organizations.
- In 1914 after the outbreak of the First World War, the courses were closed.
- The foreign teachers left Russia, and Alvang went to Moscow.
- At this time she married Mr.
- Emmanuel Griner.
- In Moscow she began her work at the School of Alexandrova, and following this she went to the Rhythmic Institute which was established in July 1919.
- It was directed by Nina Alexandrova, and Griner, together with many people familiar to her from the previous period, such as Prince Wolkonsky, got the teacher.
- After the Institute's closure, Griner worked at several organizations.
- Schukin Theatrical School was the most notable of these; she began there in 1939. In 1991 Fédération Internationale des Enseignants de Rythmique (F.I.E.R.) gave her the Honoured Member of this Federation.
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