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Erdman, Jean

LC control no.n 94015890
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Personal name headingErdman, Jean
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNew York (N.Y.)
LocatedHonolulu (Hawaii)
Birth date1916-02-20
Death date2020-05-04
Place of birthHonolulu (Hawaii)
Place of deathKailua (Oahu, Hawaii)
Field of activityModern dance
AffiliationMartha Graham Dance Company Bard College New York University. School of the Arts
Profession or occupationDancers Choreographers Dance teachers Theatrical producers and directors
Found inItò„, T. The coach with the six insides [SR] 1966: container (Jean Erdman)
Oxford Reference, March 7, 2018: Oxford dictionary of dance, 2nd ed. (Erdman, Jean; born February 20, 1917, Honolulu; US dancer, choreographer, and teacher) International encyclopedia of dance (Erdman, Jean; born 1917?, Honolulu, Hawaii; American dancer, choreographer, teacher, theatrical director, and producer)
Wikipedia, March 7, 2018 (Jean Erdman; born February 20, 1916, Honolulu, Hawaii; American dancer and choreographer of modern dance, avant-garde theater director; married to Joseph Campbell, 1938-1987)
New York Public Library, Archives & Manuscripts WWW site, March 7, 2018 (Jean Erdman; born 1916, Honolulu; dancer, choreographer, teacher; active in New York; currently lives in Honolulu)
Internet Movie Database, March 7, 2018 (Jean Erdman; born February 20, 1916, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Internet Broadway Database, March 7, 2018 (Jean Erdman; born February 20, 1916, Honolulu, Hawaii; choreographer)
Prabook.com, March 7, 2018 (Jean Erdman; born February 20, 1916, Honolulu; American dancer, choreographer; diploma, Sarah Lawrence College, 1936; principal dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company, 1938; organized Jean Erdman Dance Group, 1944; performer, choreographer, Jean Erdman Dance Group, 1944-1954; director, dance department, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1954-1957; creator, producer, performer, Jean Erdman Theater of Dance, 1957-1972; co-founder, Theater of the Open Eye, 1972; creator, head, dance theater program, New York University School Arts, 1966-1971)
New York times WWW site, May 7, 2020 (in obituary dated May 6, 2020: Jean Erdman, a modern dancer, choreographer and theater director whose work was suffused with the dreamlike aura of myth and legend, died on Monday [May 4, 2020] in Kailua, Hawaii; she was 104)