The contributions of Martha Hill to American dance and dance education, 1900-1995 / Elizabeth McPherson ; with a foreword by Joseph W. Polisi.
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TextPublication details: Lewiston [N.Y.] : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 179 pages, 28 pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780773421479
- 0773421475
- Hill, Martha, 1900-1995
- Hill, Martha, 1900-1995
- Hill, Martha
- Hill, Martha Tänzerin
- Dance teachers -- United States -- Biography
- Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Modern dance -- United States -- History
- Professeurs de danse -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Classical & Ballet
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Modern
- PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Reference
- Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher)
- Dance teachers
- Modern dance
- United States
- Tanzerziehung
- Tanz
- Tanz
- Tanzerziehung
- USA
- 1900-1999
- 792.8092 22
- GV1785.H54 M37 2008eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
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.
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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.
English.
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