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Author Soares, Janet Mansfield.

Title Martha Hill and the making of American dance / Janet Mansfield Soares
Published Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description xx, 400 pages, 32 pages plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. I. Bible Belt to Academe -- Growing Up in Ohio, 1900-1922 -- Forging a Career, 1923-1928 -- Pt. II. New Dance -- Dancing with Graham, 1929-1931 -- Bennington, 1932-1933 -- A Summer School for Dance, 1934 -- Pt. III. Private Lives and Common Goals -- Panorama, 1935 -- Winter, 1936 -- Summer, 1936 -- Pt. IV. The Late Thirties -- Immediate Tragedy, 1937 -- Culmination of a Plan, 1938 -- California and Back, 1939-1940 -- Pt. V. The Forties -- "The War Effort Hit Us All," 1941-1942 -- War Years and Recovery, 1943-1947 -- An American Dance Festival, 1948 -- Changes, 1949-1950 -- Pt. VI. Dance Within the Conservatory -- Juilliard, 1951-1952 -- Marriage, 1952-1955 -- Plans for Lincoln Square, 1955-1956 -- Pt. VII. Between Two Worlds -- Time Away, 1958 -- Brussels Respite, 1959 -- Pt. VIII. The Sixties -- Students and Master Teachers, 1960-1961 -- Standing Firm, 1962-1965 -- Contrasts and Conflicts, 1965-1968 -- "Good Guys vs. Bad Guys," 1968-1969 -- Pt. IX. A Place for Dance -- Juilliard at Lincoln Center, 1970-1972 -- An Even Keel, 1973-1978 -- Matriarch, 1979-1984 -- Last Years, 1985-1995 -- App. Works Produced during Martha Hill's Tenure as Director at Bennington, Connecticut College/ADF, and Juilliard
Summary A biography of Martha Hill, whose vision and leadership helped to establish dance as a serious area of study at the university level and solidify its position as a legitimate art form
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Hill, Martha, 1900-1995.
Modern dance -- United States.
Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- 20th century.
Dance teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Modern dance -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Biography.
History.
Biography
Biographies.
LC no. 2009000994
ISBN 9780819568991 cloth alkaline paper