Reminiscences of Gertrude Shurr 1979
- Name
- Shurr, Gertrude (Interviewee)
- Bowers, Theresa (Interviewer)
- Goldner, Nancy (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Gertrude Shurr 1979
- Abstract
- Experiences at Bennington, 1934-1938; work as company member and as teaching assistant to Martha Graham; Graham technique at the time compared with modern Graham technique and Humphrey and Holm techniques of the 1930s; importance of Bennington to development of modern dance.
- Collection Name
- Bennington Summer School of the Dance project
- Subjects
- Dance teachers; Teachers; Dancers; Choreography; Modern dance; Shurr, Gertrude; Graham, Martha; Bennington College
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 69 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Dancer, teacher.
- Note
- Interviewed by Theresa Bowers and Nancy Goldner on May 14, 1979.
- Note (Provenance)
- Gertrude Shurr, Gift 1979
- Note (Copyright)
- Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1982.
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 13619603
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-hf3s-pm78
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.