Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Claudia Moore Read [electronic resource] : oral history, 1979.
Creator: | Read, Claudia Moore | Project: | Bennington Summer School of the Dance project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript: 156 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteModern dance instructor.
Scope and ContentsPhysical education and dance training at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1930-1934; Bennington Summer School of the Dance, 1934: classes with Graham, Humphrey, Holm and Hill, Dalcroze Eurhythmics; teaching summer school techniques at University of Nebraska; studies at Mary Wigman School, Germany, summer of 1936; Bennington Summer School of the Dance, 1938: inter-company rivalries, PASSACAGLIA; Mills College Summer School, 1939; Bennington Summer School of the Arts, 1940-1942; DECADE; importance and demise of Bennington Summer School; reminiscences of Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and many others.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1982.
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