Dance -- Study and teaching

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Since 2004, the Friends of The Dance Archive have honored several individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to dance as "Legends of Dance in Colorado" each year. This collection contains oral histories, plaques inscribed with the names of the honorees, as well as files containing transcripts of oral histories with the honorees, biographical information about the honorees, and audiovisual recordings and highlight reels from the annual awards banquet.

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Millie Arndt (foreground) and Linda Gorden (background), young female students at the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department perform floor exercises 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.

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Young female students from the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department dance in a field in Colorado. Millie Arndt (middle) and Linda Gorden (right) are pictured. The Children's Dance Theatre was the performance group composed of students from the children's dance classes at Lamont.

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A young female student (foreground) at the University of Denver (DU) Lamont School of Music Dance Department stretches during a dance class in Denver, Colorado. Other female students are visible in the background. 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.

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Girls stretch in Dance Class at the Children's Dance Theatre, at the Lamont School of Music in Denver, Colorado.

Abstract Gloria Kubel recounts her early dance training and dance classes at Sarah Lawrence College where she studied under Bessie Schonberg, and guest teachers, Charles Weidman, Alwin Nikolais, Ruth Currier and Kathryn Litz. Her degree was in education but after marrying in 1957 and moving to Denver, Colorado in 1959 she decided to work in the field of dance. Kubel discusses taking classes from and teaching under Rhoda Gersten. She began teaching dance in 1965. In 1971 Rita Berger, the head of the...

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Charlotte with her shovel for the groundbreaking of the dance wing of the University Theatre. Dance was previously help in the women's gym, Armory building, and Academy building on the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

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Black and white digitized image featuring a group of dance students performing on stage in costumes in "Tale of the Donkey."

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Sepia digitized image of a group of actors performing on stage.

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Sepia digitized image of a group of actors performing in the University of Denver theater's production, "Way Out West".