Running Away to Dance in the 40'S
NO DAUGHTER OF MINE IS GOING TO BE A DANCER! Dancing for Agnes de Mille and the Giants of Dance in the 40s By Sharry Traver Underwood Foreword by Deborah Jowitt Table of Contents Foreword by Dance Critic Deborah Jowitt i i Acknowledgements v iii iii Introduction 1 1 Chapter One 3 3 1942 Summer Harrisburg, PA It is my dancing! WWII raging. Dance while others die? Dance at Syracuse University Jungle Rhythms The plan: to go to Jacob’s Pillow University of the Dance My dance training; is there any? Chapter Two 13 1942 Summer Jacob’s Pillow Opening Season of Jacob’s Pillow University of the Dance First day in class with Joseph Pilates, Steffi Nossen Ted Shawn, Bronislava Nijinska, Elizabeth Burchenal. Classes with Anna Duncan, Arthur Mahoney, Thalia Mara, Dr. Margaret d’Houbler, Dr. Anne Duggan A spectacular class with Ruth St. Denis Performance dance artists: Ted Shawn, Barton Mumaw, Helen Tamiris, Asadata Defora, Elizabeth Waters, Miriam Winslow, Marina Svetlova. Comprehension of Dance as A Living Art Ted Shawn proclaims Body, Mind and Spirit inseparable! Ted Shawn’s appraisal of my dancing. Chapter Three 39 1943 Summer Jacob’s Pillow Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Scholarship students Classes with Natasha Krassovska, Grant Mouradoff, Joe Pilates, Arthur Mahoney, La Meri, Anne Schley Duggan & Jeanette Schlottman, Thalia Mara Ted Shawn, teaching Denishawn repertory Delsarte Lectures Being Shawn’s partner on Jacob’s Pillow Dance Theatre program. Barton Mumaw’s performance Papa Shawn finds job for me, teaching dance at Brenau College in Georgia Chapter Four 65 1943-44 Brenau College, Gainesville, GA Teaching Modern Dance and Folk Dance at Brenau College Produce student musical for War Bond & Red Cross Benefits Present Solo Dance Recital The Indian Pageant Contretemps with my Physical Education Director My trial BA Degree in Theatre.
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