The contributions of Martha Hill to American dance and dance education, 1900-1995
This book looks at the life of Martha Hill, the prominent educator and founding director of three pivotal degree-granting college dance programs or departments and two summer festivals. The first-hand narratives provide in-depth perspectives on Hill's life and legacy. This book contains 28 blac...
| Основен автор: | McPherson, Elizabeth M. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Lewiston [N.Y.] :
Edwin Mellen Press,
℗♭2008.
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Print version::
Contributions of Martha Hill to American dance and dance education, 1900-1995. |
Съдържание:
- An overview of the history of dance in higher education in the United States
- Hill's youth and early career: growing up in the Bible Belt (1900-1930)
- Developing a dance program in the School of Education in New York University (1930-1951)
- Establishing a place for dance in a liberal arts setting at Bennington College (1932-1951)
- Moving dance into mainstream American thought at the Bennington School of the Dance and the Connecticut College School of the Dance/American Dance Festival (1934-1952)
- Creating and nurturing a conservatory program in dance at Juilliard (1951-1995)
- Martha Hill through the eyes of her students
- Hill's legacy.