Alick-Maud Pledge (1893–1949) was an English folk dance and gymnastics teacher in France.
Alick-Maud Pledge | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1893 London |
| Died | 1949 Paris |
Early life edit
Alick-Maud Pledge (sometimes written as Maud Alick Pledge) was born in London.[1]
Career in France edit
Pledge moved to France in 1926 following the call of Jaques-Dalcroze, but became soon independent. In the New Education movement, she created the French associations Education and Movement and Friends of the Popular Dance. She popularized the Chapelloise, a folk dance, in France.[2] She influenced Marcelle Albert, Marinette Aristow-Journoud and Jean-Michel Guilcher who carried on with teaching folk dances in France.
Personal life edit
Pledge died in 1949, in her mid-fifties. Her gravesite is in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
References edit
- ^ Gasnault, François (21 April 2017), Besse, Laurent; Christen, Carole (eds.), "Miss Pledge ou les danses populaires à la rescousse de l'éducation nouvelle (1926-1949): les réseaux d'une Anglaise de Paris", Histoire de l’éducation populaire, 1815-1945, Histoire et civilisations (in French), Presses universitaires du Septentrion, pp. 397–408, ISBN 978-2-7574-1769-0, retrieved 4 March 2020
- ^ "Fiches de danse folk : Chapelloise (Aleman's marsj) - Cancoillottefolk". 22 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
Articles edit
- « Mouvement, gymnastique et équilibre nerveux », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1932, 3 articles pp. 9, 18 et 39.
- « La danse populaire », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1935.
Publications edit
- Jean-Philippe Saint-Martin. Les origines oubliées de la Gymnastique Volontaire entre les deux guerres mondiales. In SPORT ET GENRE (VOLUME 3) Apprentissage du genre et institutions éducatives. Lharmattan, 2006, 55–69.
External links edit
- Miss Pledge (1893-1949) by Yves Guilcher
- Education et mouvement
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