TY - BOOK ID - 138297200 TI - The Bennington school of the dance : a history in writings and interviews PY - 2013 SN - 1476602956 PB - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, DB - UniCat KW - Dance schools KW - Dance teachers KW - Dance KW - History KW - Study and teaching KW - Bennington School of Dance (Bennington, Vt.) KW - Bennington (Vt.) KW - Social life and customs UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138297200 AB - The story of this groundbreaking summer dance program is told through the voices of staff, faculty, and students. Administrative director Mary Josephine Shelly's previously unpublished writings form a key summary of eight of the nine summer sessions. The Bennington School of the Dance held classes from 1934 through 1942 at Bennington College in Vermont, with one summer spent at Mills College in California. Its effects were far-reaching in the development and dissemination of modern dance as an original American art form. The school produced unique choreographic works by teachers in residence: ER -