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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.
- 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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