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Roots and wings : Virginia Tanner's dance life and legacy /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manley, Mary-Elizabeth (Author), Bennett, Robert Bruce, 1915-2006 (Author), Lee, Mary Ann, 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Tanner, Virginia, > 1915-1979.
Children's Dance Theatre (Salt Lake City, Utah) > Biography.
University of Utah. > Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Program > Biography.
Dance teachers > Utah > Salt Lake City > Biography.
Women choreographers > Utah > Salt Lake City > Biography.
Dance for children > Utah > Salt Lake City.
Dance > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Utah > Salt Lake City.
Table of 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.