Papers of Dance perspectives. 1959-1976.

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Papers of Dance perspectives. 1959-1976.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/184953536

5.5 lin. ft. (362 folders)

New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection

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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...

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. ...