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
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.