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Roots and wings : Virginia Tanner's dance life and legacy / Mary-Elizabeth Manley ; with Robert Bruce Bennett and Mary Ann Lee.

Lippincott Library H59 .M36 2023
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Manley, Mary-Elizabeth, author.
Bennett, Robert Bruce, 1915-2006, author.
Lee, Mary Ann, 1946- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Tanner, Virginia, 1915-1979.
Tanner, Virginia.
Children's Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Biography.
Children's Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah).
University of Utah. Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program--Biography.
University of Utah.
Dance teachers--Utah--Salt Lake City--Biography.
Dance teachers.
Women choreographers--Utah--Salt Lake City--Biography.
Women choreographers.
Dance for children--Utah--Salt Lake City.
Dance for children.
Dance--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Utah--Salt Lake City.
Dance.
Dance--Study and teaching (Elementary).
Utah--Salt Lake City.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2023]
Summary:
"A biography of dance instructor Virginia Tanner of the University of Utah, and an overview of the impact she has had on the field of dance education"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A gift of dance freely given
Awakening : born to a place and time
Distant voices : in search of a calling
Inspiration: summer schools in the Rockies
Hop-scotching
Uncharted territory : launching a career
Birth of a young company
Balance: the juggling act
Springboards : the buttermilk tree
Children : straight out of heaven
Imagination : the beauty of childhood
Liftoff : when dreams take flight
Invitations : westward ho
Virginia the breadwinner
Sunshine and sand : Hawaii beckons
A master teacher : IMPACT calls
Bright with promise : the Golden Age for the arts in education
Bulldozers on the horizon : a search for home
What joy they gave unknowingly!
Unstoppable drive : a brilliant journey
Coda: You taught my soul to dance.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-293) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Manley, Mary-Elizabeth. Roots and wings
ISBN:
9781647690298
1647690293
9781647690304
1647690307
OCLC:
1224583764

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