Sears, Vera E., 1912-2008
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 184 Collections and/or Records:
Negative Set of Sandra Hicks Dancing, circa 1950
Negative set of Sandra Hicks from The Children's Dance Theatre student, dancing in Denver, Colorado.
Normandie Karr Poses for a Picture, between 1949-1952
Normandie Karr poses for a picture at Denver University, Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado.Normandie Karr was a student at the Lamont School of Music's Dance Department, which was under the direction of Vera Sears.
Normandie Karr Poses for Photograph, circa 1950
Normandie Karr from the Children's Dance Theatre poses for a photograph in Denver, Colorado.
Performance of the Mirthful Marionettes at Colorado College, circa 1950
Martha Wilcox, Vera Sears and Lillian Covillo Perform ''The Mirthful Marionettes'' at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Perfromance of the Mirthful Marionettes at Colorado College, circa 1950
Martha Wilcox, Vera Sears and Lillian Covillo Perform ''The Mirthful Marionettes'' at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Sears Family Papers
This collection contains the papers of Vera Sears (1912-2008), dance instructor at the University of Denver, and her husband Edwin Sears (1903-1964), a law professor at the University of Denver. The Sears family emigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1930s. These papers include correspondence, photographs, teaching materials, legal materials, clippings, dance notation notebooks, publications, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials.
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, 1959, 1959
The Adult Workshop Group Performs The New World, at the East High School Auditorium, to benefit The Sewall House Treatment Center of The Denver Society for Crippled Children, in Denver, Colorado
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