Frontiers: American Modern Dancer and Dance

The daily life of Bonnie Bird, an American modern dancer in the 1930s, is uniquely revealed in this book. Karen Bell-Kanner shares her fascinating interviews with Bonnie Bird and the intimate letters that Bonnie Bird wrote to her family in Seattle from New York when she was working with Martha Graham between 1931 and 1937. She also had the then novice dancer Merce Cunningham among her students and the young John Cage as her accompanist.

Bonnie Bird's applications of psychology led her to pioneer new concepts and techniques in dance education that have influenced generations of contemporary dance teachers. Her last twenty years were spent at London's Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, where the accomplishments of a lifetime were gathered together to extend the frontiers of dance.

Introduction to the Series

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

List of Illustrations

xiii

Preface

xv

Extending the Frontiers of Dance

1

(2)

Dance Prelude

3

(2)

A Child of the Pacific Northwest

5

(4)

The Cornish School

9

(12)

Preparation

21

(4)

The Martha Years

25

(74)

Rumbles in the West

99

(26)

America at War

125

(14)

A Phoenix in New York

139

(28)

Building Song

167

(16)

Notes and Sources

183

(20)

Bibliography

203

(2)

Index

205

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Frontiers: American Modern Dancer and Dance Educator

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