Stanisława Nowicka
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Stanisława Nowicka was a Polish
dancer and singer born in Warsaw
. She gave Jerzy Petersburski
's famous Tango Milonga (known in Europe as Oh Donna Clara) its debut in the Morskie Oko cabaret, 1929. "[The] low and sensuous timbre of her voice made Nowicka not only the master interpreter of tangos, but also of Russian romances and the French chanson." She was famous for her apache songs (she danced the apache tango with Tadeusz Olsza
) and covered much of Marlene Dietrich's repertoire
In 1936 the Polish daily Slowo Polskie sent her to New York as correspondent; she never returned. She remained active as a singer in the United States, performing with poet Julian Tuwim
in 1942 at Carnegie Hall
. She led the Polish National Dance school in New Jersey
and did some translation work. She read tarot cards and had a clairvoyance studio in Yorktown; she was active in the American Theosophical Society. She died in Yorktown in 1990.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
dancer and singer born in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. She gave Jerzy Petersburski
Jerzy Petersburski
Jerzy Petersburski was a Polish pianist and composer of popular music, renowned mostly for his Tangos, some of which were milestones in popularization of the musical genre in Poland and are still widely known today, more than half a century after their creation.Jerzy Petersburski was born April...
's famous Tango Milonga (known in Europe as Oh Donna Clara) its debut in the Morskie Oko cabaret, 1929. "[The] low and sensuous timbre of her voice made Nowicka not only the master interpreter of tangos, but also of Russian romances and the French chanson." She was famous for her apache songs (she danced the apache tango with Tadeusz Olsza
Tadeusz Olsza
Tadeusz Olsza , born Tadeusz Blomberg, was a Polish film and stage actor, cabaret singer, dancer and director. From 1915 to 1917, he taught vocal classes at Warsaw Conservatory...
) and covered much of Marlene Dietrich's repertoire
In 1936 the Polish daily Slowo Polskie sent her to New York as correspondent; she never returned. She remained active as a singer in the United States, performing with poet Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim , sometimes used pseudonym "Oldlen" when writing song lyrics. He was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, of Jewish parents, and educated in Łódź and Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University...
in 1942 at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
. She led the Polish National Dance school in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
and did some translation work. She read tarot cards and had a clairvoyance studio in Yorktown; she was active in the American Theosophical Society. She died in Yorktown in 1990.