Alkire, Helen P.

Helen P. Alkire, an innovative educator and professor emeritus of dance, joined Ohio State University's faculty in 1946. She was one of three founding members of the American College Dance Festival Association, formed "to encourage and recognize excellence in performance and choreography on the college level." Alkire also was a founding member of the Council of Dance Administrators. She began with the dance program in the Dept of Physical Education and developed it into a separate department in the College of the Arts in 1968, serving as professor and chair until her retirement in 1983. She has held office on the National Educational Testing Service Panel for Scholars in the Arts. Her many awards include the Plaudit Award from the National Dance Association, and various artist/educator awards from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Association of Ohio Dance Companies. Alkire also was a founding member of the National Association of Schools of Dance's Commission on Accreditation. She brought an extension of the Dance Notation Bureau of New York City to Ohio State. A Columbus native, she received two degrees at Ohio State, a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1938, and a Master of Science in 1939.

From the description of Helen P. Alkire papers, ca. 1929-1989, bulk 1940-1989. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 39537038

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From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Alkire : oral history, 1979. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158070