Reminiscences of Claudia Moore Read 1979
- Name
- Read, Claudia Moore (Interviewee)
- Bowers, Theresa (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Claudia Moore Read 1979
- Abstract
- Physical 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, PASSA CAGLIA; 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.
- Collection Name
- Bennington Summer School of the Dance project
- Subjects
- Dancers; Dance teachers; Modern dance; Read, Claudia Moore; Bennington College
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 156 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Modern dance instructor.
- Note
- Interviewed by Theresa Bowers on September 29, 1979.
- Note (Provenance)
- Claudia Moore Read, Gift 1980
- 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
- Catalog Record
- 13619385
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ctc1-a683
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.