Reminiscences of Bernice Van Gelder Peterson [electronic resource] : oral history, 1979.

Biographical Note

Dancer, teacher.

Scope and Contents

Early training in dance, Grand Rapids, Michigan; degree in dance from University of Wisconsin, Madison; studies with Mary Wigman in Germany; experiences as a member of Doris Humphrey's augmented group for WITH MY RED FIRES studies with Louise Kloepper and Hanya Holm; creation and performance of TREND, 1937.

Subjects

• Bennington College.
• Bowers, Theresa, interviewer.
• Choreography.
• Dancers--Interviews.
• Dance teachers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Modern dance.
• Oral histories.
• Peterson, Bernice Van Gelder--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1982.