Oral history interview with Ruth Lovell Murray [electronic resource], 1979.

Biographical Note

Dance teacher.

Scope and Contents

Dance training in Detroit, New York during 1920s and 30s; influence of Dalcroze eurhythmics and physical education on dance educators; classes at Bennington with Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, Martha Hill; subsequent associations with Bennington acquaintances, impact of Summer School.

Subjects

• Bennington College.
• Bowers, Theresa, interviewer.
• Dance teachers--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Modern dance.
• Murray, Ruth Lovell--Interviews.
• Oral histories.

Access Conditions

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