An ongoing dance through life : an oral history : transcript, 2004 / Frank Shawl ; interviewers, Ruth Chen ... [et al.] ; editors, Alyson Belcher, Jeff Friedman, and Ruth Jacbs.

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An ongoing dance through life : an oral history : transcript, 2004 / Frank Shawl ; interviewers, Ruth Chen ... [et al.] ; editors, Alyson Belcher, Jeff Friedman, and Ruth Jacbs.

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"Frank Shawl is the co-founder with Victor Anderson of the Shawl-Anderson Dance Center [a.k.a. Shawl-Anderson School of Dance] in Berkeley. Frank has been active as a teacher, performing dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area for approximately 43 years. The Shawl-Anderson Dance Company was an active dance repertory group in the '60's and '70's and spawned many of today's prominent dance artists.Prior to coming to the Bay Area, Frank performed mainly in New York City. He appeared in numerous Broadway and network television shows and toured throughout the United States and Canada. He appeared in concert with the late Charles Weidman and for over eight years with the May O'Donnell Dance Company. He returned to New York in the role of assistant to Miss O'Donnell, as well as having taught, directed, and performed in Amsterdam and throughout the Netherlands.In recent years, Frank's return to performing has given him the opportunity to perform works choreographed by Remy Charlip, Josie Moseley, Ellen Bromberg, Della Davidson, Bonnie Merrill, June Watanabe, Joan Lazarus, Diane Tokaji, Priscilla Regalado and Sonya Delwaide. From 1997-1999, he performed as a member of "New Shoes, Old Souls Dance Company", a Bay Area group of active performers and choreographers over the age of 40."--www.shawl-anderson.org.

Transcript : 1 v. (xxviii, 154 p.) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.Original interviews : 6 sound cassettes.

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