The contributions of Martha Hill to American dance and dance education, 1900-1995
By: Elizabeth McPherson ; with a foreword by Joseph W. Polisi.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780773451223
Subjects: Hill, Martha, -- 1900-1995.; Dance teachers -- United States -- Biography.; Dance -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Modern dance -- United States -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: An overview of the history of dance in higher education in the United States; title: Hill's youth and early career: growing up in the Bible Belt (1900-1930); title: Developing a dance program in the School of Education in New York University (1930-1951); title: Establishing a place for dance in a liberal arts setting at Bennington College (1932-1951); title: Moving dance into mainstream American thought at the Bennington School of the Dance and the Connecticut College School of the Dance/American Dance Festival (1934-1952); title: Creating and nurturing a conservatory program in dance at Juilliard (1951-1995); title: Martha Hill through the eyes of her students; title: Hill's legacy.