Name Allegra Snyder Role Author | Spouse Robert Snyder (m. ?–2004) | |
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Children Jamie Snyder, Alexandra Snyder Books Securing Our Dance Heritage: Issues on the Documentation and Preservation of Dance Parents Buckminster Fuller, Anne Fuller Grandparents Richard Buckminster Fuller, Caroline Wolcott Andrews | ||
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Allegra Fuller Snyder is a dance ethnologist (ethnochoreologist), choreographer, professor and author specializing on dance and culture. Her research focuses on dances among Native American tribes particularly the Yaqui, and on dance among several ethnic groups in Africa and Asia. She is Professor Emerita of dance ethnology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
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- Allegra fuller snyder jamie snyder air date 07 10 08
- Allegra fuller snyder on synergetics and dance
- Family
- Career
- Documentaries
- Publications
- References
Allegra fuller snyder on synergetics and dance
Family
Snyder is the daughter of noted architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and his wife Anne Hewlett.
Career
Snyder pioneered the field of Dance Ethnography, and defines a dance ethnologist as "...one who is concerned with studying the process of dance in culture." She goes on to state that "This field of investigation has been the major focus of my life and work for the last thirty-plus years."
Documentaries
Snyder also directed several documentaries on dance practices around the world
Publications
