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Occupation
  
Years active
  
1932–1992


Spouse(s)
  
Name
  
Jane Dudley

Jane Dudley 100 Treasures Jane Dudley

Born
  
April 3, 1912 (
1912-04-03
)
New York City, USA

Died
  
September 19, 2001(2001-09-19) (aged 89)London, United Kingdom

Time is Money


For other people named Jane Dudley, see Jane Dudley, Duchess of Northumberland and Lady Jane Grey

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Jane Dudley 100 Treasures Jane Dudley

Jane Dudley, born April 3, 1912 was an American, modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Inspired by her mentor, choreographer Martha Graham, Dudley helped bring mainstream media attention to the American Dance Festival at Connecticut College.

Politics And The Dancing Body


Biography

Dudley was born in New York City, the daughter of Pendleton Dudley and Hermine Jahns, and attended the Walden School there. She studied dance with Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, and Martha Graham. Between 1937 and 1944 she was a leading dancer in the Martha Graham Company and created roles in Deaths and Entrances and Letter to the World. In 1934 she joined the New Dance Group, and also performed with Sophie Maslow and William Bales in the Dudley-Maslow-Bales Trio, a collaborative dance troupe that was active for twelve years. Many of Dudley's works dealt with issues of social protest. She was a leading teacher at the Martha Graham School from 1938 through 1958.

In 1970 Dudley moved to London to teach at the London Contemporary Dance School. She died in London at the age of 89.

Work with Dudley, Maslow, and Bales

In 1942, both Dudley and Sophie Maslow students of Martha Graham formed a dance a trio with William Bales.

A choreographer in her own right, Dudley's works - including the solos Time Is Money and Cante Flamenco - are staged by her former student and the custodian of her estate, Martin Løfsnes, a former principal dancer with the Graham Company.

References

Jane Dudley Wikipedia