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Author:   Elizabeth McPherson
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9780786474172

ISBN 10:   0786474173
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   14 June 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Charles Reinhart Preface Introduction  1. Bennington: An Historic Milepost  2. 1933: Planning the School  3. Summer of 1934: The Beginning  4. Summer of 1935: The Workshop Began  5. Summer of 1936: The First Festival  6. Summer of 1937: The Final Workshop Program, the Fellowships  7. Summer of 1938: Culmination of a Plan, or “the Year of the Tent”  8. Summer of 1939: From East to West  9. Summer of 1940: First Summer of the School of the Arts 10. Summer of 1941: Last Summer of the School of the Arts 11. Summer of 1942: Bennington College Summer Session 12. Looking Back: Group Discussion on the Bennington School of the Dance, 1959 13. Recollections and Anecdotes Epilogue Appendix A: Timeline of Dance Premieres and Other Historic Events Appendix B: Students, Faculty/Staff and Audiences, 1934 to 1942 Appendix C: Biographies of Contributors of Recollections Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Recommended --<i>Choice</i>; a trove of oral interviews and reports...invaluable for its diverse points of view...photos are as eye-opening as the text --<i>Dance Magazine</i>; well researched book...wonderful photographs, many rarely seen or unpublished before, are well presented --<i>Ballet Review</i>; instructive and enjoyable --<i>Bearnstow Journal</i>; at the core of McPherson's book are previously unpublished writings of Administrative Director Mary Josephine Shelley, summarizing eight of the nine summer sessions. There is vibrancy in reading about her involvement and how the programs developed...a comprehensive view of the significant role the Bennington summer program played in U.S. modern dance --<i>Journal of Dance Education</i>.

"""Recommended""--Choice; ""a trove of oral interviews and reports...invaluable for its diverse points of view...photos are as eye-opening as the text""--Dance Magazine; ""well researched book...wonderful photographs, many rarely seen or unpublished before, are well presented""--Ballet Review; ""instructive and enjoyable""--Bearnstow Journal; ""at the core of McPherson's book are previously unpublished writings of Administrative Director Mary Josephine Shelley, summarizing eight of the nine summer sessions. There is vibrancy in reading about her involvement and how the programs developed...a comprehensive view of the significant role the Bennington summer program played in U.S. modern dance""--Journal of Dance Education."

Author Information

Elizabeth McPherson is an assistant professor and the dance education coordinator at Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. She has written for Ballet Review, The Journal of Dance Education, Dance Teacher and Attitude: The Dancers’ Magazine. She lives in New York, New York.

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