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Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth McPherson is an assistant professor and the dance education coordinator at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. She has written for Ballet Review, The Journal of Dance Education, Dance Teacher and Attitude: The Dancers' Magazine. She lives in New York, New York. Klappentext The story of this groundbreaking summer dance program is told through the voices of staff, faculty, and students. Administrative director Mary Josephine Shelly's previously unpublished writings form a key summary of eight of the nine summer sessions. The Bennington School of the Dance held classes from 1934 through 1942 at Bennington College in Vermont, with one summer spent at Mills College in California. Its effects were far-reaching in the development and dissemination of modern dance as an original American art form. The school produced unique choreographic works by teachers in residence: Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman. Leading choreographers of the later 20th century such as Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, Jose Limon, Alwin Nikolais and Anna Sokolow participated at the school. The largest portion of students were high school and college level teachers who would spread modern dance across the country and abroad. Zusammenfassung "The story of this groundbreaking summer dance program is told through the voices of staff! faculty! and students. Administrative director Mary Josephine Shelly's previously unpublished writings form a key summary of eight of the nine summer sessions. The Bennington School of the Dance was held from 1934 to 1942"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword by Charles ReinhartPrefaceIntroduction¿1.¿Bennington: An Historic Milepost¿2.¿1933: Planning the School¿3.¿Summer of 1934: The Beginning¿4.¿Summer of 1935: The Workshop Began¿5.¿Summer of 1936: The First Festival¿6.¿Summer of 1937: The Final Workshop Program, the Fellowships¿7.¿Summer of 1938: Culmination of a Plan, or "the Year of the Tent"¿8.¿Summer of 1939: From East to West¿9.¿Summer of 1940: First Summer of the School of the Arts10.¿Summer of 1941: Last Summer of the School of the Arts11.¿Summer of 1942: Bennington College Summer Session12.¿Looking Back: Group Discussion on the Bennington School of the Dance, 195913.¿Recollections and AnecdotesEpilogueAppendix A: Timeline of Dance Premieres and Other Historic EventsAppendix B: Students, Faculty/Staff and Audiences, 1934 to 1942Appendix C: Biographies of Contributors of RecollectionsChapter NotesBibliographyIndex...
