Selma Jeanne Cohen papers 1942-1993

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Selma Jeanne Cohen papers 1942-1993

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The Selma Jeanne Cohen papers document the academic life and career of a renowned historian and critic of dance and theater. The papers contain professional correspondence, materials from Cohen’s teaching career, documentation of the many conferences of scholarly groups attended throughout her career as well as research used in writing books and articles on dance and theater.

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The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

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Dance Perspectives Foundation.

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The Dance Perspectives Foundation was founded in 1966 as an organization devoted to supporting dance scholarship, through publishing academic and reference works, sponsoring lectures and conferences, and providing research and travel grants to dance scholars. Founding members included dance scholar Selma Jeanne Cohen, editor and artist Karl Leabo, Julliard Director of Dance Martha Hill, Wesleyan University press editor José Rollins de la Torre Bueno, and dance critic Edwin Denby. ...

University of California, Riverside. Dept. of Dance.

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Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

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Ann Hutchinson Guest, born November 3, 1918 in New York, is an American dancer and dance notator. Her initial dance training began in the mid 1930's at the Jooss-Leeder School at Dartington Hall, England. When World War II broke out in Europe, she returned to New York where her continued training included ballet, modern, tap, and ethnic dance. In the 1940's she danced with the Welland Lathrop Company and in Broadway musicals, including One Touch of Venus, Billion Dollar Baby, and Kiss Me, Kate. ...

Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005

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Selma Jeanne Cohen was born in Chicago, IL in 1920. She received an A.A. degree from Stephens College and an A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. (in English) from the University of Chicago. Cohen was the only child of Frank and Minnie Cohen. Her interest in dance began early in her life, but her lack of natural talent turned her away from dancing to the study of the history of dance. In the late 1940s, after earning her doctorate in English Literature, she took her first teaching assignment at University of C...