Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966. Excerpts from Dance of Walt Whitman: notation. 1965. 1 folder. (12 p.). - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Tamiris, Helen, 1905-1966

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Dancer, choreographer. Real name, Helen Becker. From the description of [Programs and announcements], 1928-1965. 1928-1965 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 777009427 (written by Walter Terry) Helen Tamiris, one of the major pioneers in the development of modern dance in America and one of Broadway's best known choreographers, was born Helen Becker in 1905 in New York City's Lower East Side. The urge to dance was there from the start, bu...

Dance Notation Bureau (New York, N.Y.)

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The Dance Notation Bureau (a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) was founded in 1940 by Ann Hutchinson Guest, Helen Priest Rogers, Eve Gentry, and Janey Price. The DNB mission is to advance the art of dance through the use of a system of notation, creating dance scores using the symbol system called Labanotation, named for Rudolf Laban who first published the system in 1928. In 1942, choreographer Eugene Loring requested a notation score of his Billy the Kid, the first ballet recorded in the Unit...