Renate Schottelius (Germany, 1921 – Argentina, 1998) was a German dancer, choreographer and teacher, pioneer of modern dance in Argentina. She grew up in Berlin, where she studied ballet at the Opera and modern dance with Ruth Abramovitz and Alice Uhlen, of the Mary Wigman school. At the age of 14, due to the rise of Nazism in 1936, she left her family environment and emigrated to Argentina, where she was received by her uncle. At the same time she was working in an office in Buenos Aires, she was taking classes at the National Dance School. She contacted Miriam Winslow, who combined Denishawn’s technique with that of Mary Wigman and Harald Kreutzberg, and formed her company in Buenos Aires. In 1953 she traveled to the United States, where she established contacts with choreographers such as Martha Graham, José Limón, Hanya Holm and Agnes De Mille. She performed recitals as a soloist and as an ensemble director at the Teatro Colón, in Argentine provinces and in Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, the United States, Germany, Holland and Switzerland. Some of her notable choreographies were We Are Solo and Farsa de la Search, for the Colón and General San Martín theaters. She also performed several choreographies for the Winslow Ballet, the Boston Ballet and the Lausanne Musical Festival. Her works were presented at the Presidente Alvear, San Martín, Blanca Podesta and Astral theaters. She supervised the Contemporary Dance Experimentation Group. She returned to Germany for a visit in 1958 and gave master classes in Boston. Among her most notable disciples are the Argentine choreographer Oscar Aráiz and Ana María Stekelman. In 1989 she received the Konex-Diploma Award for Merit as one of the best choreographers in the history of Argentina.