New Dance Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/New_Dance_Group

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ballet
gptkbp:address	254 West 47th Street, New York City
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Federal_Theatre_Project gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:closed	2009
gptkbp:focus	social activism modern dance
gptkbp:founded	1932
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Edith_Lambert gptkb:Grace_Wylie gptkb:Miriam_Blecher gptkb:Nadia_Chilkovsky gptkb:Pauline_Schrifman gptkb:Rebecca_Rosenberg gptkb:Eve_Gentry
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	promoted leftist and progressive causes through dance pioneered racially integrated dance classes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	New Dance Group
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:mission	to use dance as a tool for social change
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Ethel_Butler gptkb:Jane_Dudley gptkb:Jean_Erdman gptkb:Ethel_Winter gptkb:Katherine_Dunham gptkb:Hanya_Holm gptkb:Helen_Tamiris gptkb:Anna_Sokolow gptkb:Mary_Anthony gptkb:Merce_Cunningham gptkb:Daniel_Nagrin gptkb:Martha_Graham gptkb:Donald_McKayle gptkb:Erick_Hawkins gptkb:José_Limón gptkb:Lester_Horton gptkb:Pearl_Primus gptkb:Talley_Beatty gptkb:Pauline_Koner gptkb:Charles_Weidman gptkb:Doris_Humphrey gptkb:Ruth_Currier gptkb:Sophie_Maslow gptkb:Bill_Matons gptkb:Charles_Hyman gptkb:Edith_Lambert gptkb:Grace_Wylie gptkb:Miriam_Blecher gptkb:Nadia_Chilkovsky gptkb:Pauline_Schrifman gptkb:Rebecca_Rosenberg gptkb:Eve_Gentry gptkb:Helen_McGehee gptkb:Lucas_Hoving
gptkbp:notablePerformance	gptkb:Strange_Fruit gptkb:How_Long_Brethren? gptkb:On_Strivers_Row gptkb:Negro_Spirituals Games
gptkbp:teaching_philosophy	anyone can dance
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Eliot_Feld
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6