Letters to Don Oscar Becque, 1936-37. (8 items).
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Becque, Don Oscar
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Don Oscar Becque, also known as William Oscar Beck, was a dancer, choreographer, director, and teacher of modern dance. According to Becque's résumé, he studied at the American Laboratory Theatre School under Boleslavsky and Oupenskaya; studied musical composition under Frederick Schlieder; ballet under Mordkin, Vestoff, Fokine, and Cecchetti; American dance under Denishawn; and Japanese dance under Michio Ito. However, his most influential teacher was Mabel Elsworth Todd, the found...
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Dance Center.
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Federal Dance Project.
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Code, Grant Hyde
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Grant Hyde Code was a well-known writer and lecturer on theater and dance. A 1918 graduate of Harvard University, he, after World War I service, taught English at Harvard, Radcliff and other institutions of higher education. A former editor of Dance Observer, he was the founder and manager of the Brooklyn Museum Dance Center (1935-1938) which sponsored recitals and exhibitions. Mr. Hyde was also an actor, teacher, and public-relations person. Among his movie credits are The Miracle Worker and Se...