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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biographies History Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: McPherson, Elizabeth M. Contributions of Martha Hill to American dance and dance education, 1900-1995. Lewiston [N.Y.] : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008012477 (OCoLC)213846104 |
Named Person: | Martha Hill; Martha Hill; Martha Hill; Martha Hill, Tänzerin. |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Elizabeth M McPherson |
ISBN: | 9780773421479 0773421475 |
OCLC Number: | 810933963 |
Language Note: | English. |
Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 179 pages, 28 pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents: | 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. |
Responsibility: | Elizabeth McPherson ; with a foreword by Joseph W. Polisi. |
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Abstract:
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 black and white photographs.
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