Movable Pillars: Organizing Dance, 1956–1978

Contents

CONTENTS Preface / ix PART I Introduction / 1 Precedents: Dance as Education, Art, and Culture / 8 The Post-War Political Climate / 29 Performing a Public Voice: The Emergence of Six Organizations, 1956–1970 / 39 PART II Telling of the Times: Interviews / 57 The American Dance Guild, 1956 / 58 Carolyn Bilderback / 61 Carole I. Binswanger / 66 Joseph Gifford / 69 Fannie Isquith / 74 Erna Caplow Lindner / 78 Bernice Rosen / 84 The Congress on Research in Dance, 1965 / 90 Jeanette S. Roosevelt / 93 Patricia A. Rowe / 98 The American Dance Therapy Association, 1966 / 105 Sharon Chaiklin / 107 Beth Kalish-Weiss / 113 Catherine Hamilton Pasternak / 119 Claire Schmais / 125 The American College Dance Festival Association, 1973 / 132 Jeanne Hays Beaman / 134 Adam Pinsker / 141 The Dance Critics Association, 1974 / 148 Deborah Jowitt / 150 Marcia B. Siegel / 157 The Society of Dance History Scholars, 1978 / 167 Selma Jeanne Cohen / 169 Constance Kreemer / 176 Genevieve Oswald / 186 Conclusion / 194 Appendix I: History of the American Dance Guild / 196 Appendix II: Other Important Figures Mentioned within the Interviews / 197 Bibliography / 205 About the Author / 211 Index / 213 viii Contents ...