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Sears, Vera E., 1912-2008

 Person

Biography

Vera Elsa Schultz-Bergen b. April 9, 1912 in Dresden, Germany; d. Mar. 8, 2008. Attended Berlin Opera School. Taught dance at Lamont School of Music, University of Denver, Kent School, Aspen Institute, and ran the Children's Dance Theatre.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Girls Stretch at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music, between 1955-1959

 Item
Identifier: M272.01.0001.0001.00005
Abstract

Young female students stretch during a dance class at the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department in Denver, Colorado. Children's classes at the Lamont School of Music were held at 909 Grant Street, Denver, Colorado. The Children's Dance Theatre was the performance group composed of students from the children's dance classes at Lamont.

Dates: between 1955-1959

Vera Sears Poses for a Picture, 1951

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Identifier: M272.01.0001.0004.00017
Abstract

Vera Sears poses for a picture at DU Lamont School of Music's Dance Department in Denver, Colorado. Vera Sears taught at the Children's Dance Theatre (a part of the University of Denver Lamont School of Music), serving as director for 17 years.

Dates: 1951

Young Girl Dances Outside, circa 1950

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Identifier: M272.01.0001.0003.00013
Abstract

A dance student at the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department leaps through the air in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1950

Young Girls are Instructed in a Dance Class, 1952

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0007.00029
Abstract

Vera Sears (not pictured) instructs a group of young girls at the Children's Dance Theatre at the Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado. Lucy Brooks (left), daughter of Carolyn Durand Brooks and Marshall Brooks, and Melissa Weller (right) are pictured.

Dates: 1952

Young Girls Dance In Class, 1952

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0007.00004
Abstract

A group of young girls dance while Vera Sears plays a drum and instructs a class at the Children's Dance Theatre in the Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado. Lucy Brooks (left), daughter of Carolyn Durand Brooks and Marshall Brooks, and Melissa Weller (right) are pictured.

Dates: 1952

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