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Description
Gentry talks about her life as a dancer, choreographer, and participant in the early days of modern dance in San Francisco, New York, and Santa Fe. Also, she talks about her studies of Laban notation and the Pilates method. Marta Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Ann Mundstock, and Joseph Pilate are some of the people she talks about in the interview. Interview conducted for the Legacy Oral History Project. California Preservation Service (CAPS)
Lab notation Dance notation Exercise Mind and body Choreographers Dance--Study and teaching Modern dance--California--San Francisco Modern dance--New York (N.Y.) Modern dance--New Mexico--Santa Fe Dance teachers Gentry, Eve Graham, Martha Holm, Hanya, 1893- Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958 Mundstock, Ann Pilate, Joseph H. (Joseph Hubertus)
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Museum of Performance and Design California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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