Susana Zimmermann

Part of her pioneering work was a methodology that she developed for dance training. This was outlined in the book, The Laboratory of Dance and Creative Movement, which was published in 1983. She also created the Susana Zimmermann Company, which staged dance performances and theater works that featured unconventional themes and addressed current social issues. An example was the Dolentango, which opened in Italy. Using body movements punctuated by a sound score that featured tango citations, this performance commemorated the Madres de Plaza de Mayo.

Zimmermann was a co-director of the Hoy Ballet company during its tour from 1968 to 1973 alongside Ana Labat and Oscar Araiz.

In the 1960s, Zimmermann presented her works at the Torcuato di Tella Institute, a prominent avant-garde art space. After the military coup that installed a dictatorship in 1966, she participated in artistic movements that criticized the oppressive regime. Dance Laboratory, a group she founded in 1957, began to feature performances that explored revolutionary spirit and protests against the dictatorship. The dance collectives that she was part of became associated with leftist militant groups. Her work criticizing the government continued until the last military dictatorship through her activism as well as her influence on dancers and performers she mentored.

Susana Zimmermann (1932-2021) was an Argentine dancer and choreographer. She was a pioneering figure in contemporary dance in Argentina and had choreographed at least sixty performances staged in different countries. Zimmermann was also an educator and is noted for developing a methodology for dance instruction.

Zimmermann was born Susana Beatriz Breyter in Buenos Aires on 7 December 1932. Her parents were Abraham Breyter and Juana Huberman. Breyter was a doctor and an immigrant from Kherson, Ukraine. Huberman descended from Romanian immigrants.