Early Life
editDudley was born in New York City on April 3, 1912.[1] She was the daughter of Pendleton Dudley and Hermine Jahns, and attended the Walden School in New York City.[1] While attending the Walden School, Dudley was inspired by artists, creative thinkers, and dancers to pursue her passion for dance. Following her graduation from the Walden School, Dudley went on to study dance with Hanya Holm, Louis Horst, and Martha Graham.[1] In 1935, Dudley first met Martha Graham at the Bennington Summer Course and performed in a piece titled "Panorama" with the Martha Graham Company.[1] It was not until 1936 that she took the stage with the company as part of its main stage company.[2] During her time with the company, Dudley was inspired by Graham's work rooted in political ideas and its fast movements.[1]
Work with Dudley-Bales-Laslow Trio
editIn 1942, Dudley and Sophie Maslow both students of Martha Graham formed a dance a trio with William Bales.[3] The trio performed all over the United States including cities such as, Baltimore, New Orleans, and Washington D.C.[4] A piece titled Vagary was staged in 1949 at The American Dance Festival. John Martin, of The New York Times said of Dudley's performance in 1949, "At any rate, she moves so beautifully and with such superhuman control that just to watch her is in itself a delight, let the intention be what it will."[5] The choreography of the trio was and is still seen as representative of the 1940s as it featured folk music and captured the American spirit of the era.[6] In 1954, the trio spilt up and Dudley re-launched her solo career.[3]
Life after Dudley-Bales-Laslow Trio
editFollowing the trio's end, Dudley continued to choreograph dances indicative of the American spirit. These dances continued to be inspired by social unrest, especially in her performance of a piece titled Time is Money originally performed in 1934. Time is Money is best described as, "The work of Jane Dudley hunger awakens radical negativity leading to revolutionary emotion."[7]
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- ^ a b c d e Dudley, Jane (Spring 1992). "The Early Life of an American Modern Dancer" (PDF). Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research. 10 (1): 3–20. doi:10.2307/1290695. JSTOR 1290695 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Maryanski, Maureen (2012). "Jane Dudley (1912-2001)" (PDF). Dance Heritage. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ a b DeMille, Agnes. Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham- A Biography.
- ^ "Dudley, Maslow, Bales Company Booklet", Linda Lear Center Connecticut College, Box 2 of American Dance Festival Papers Collections
- ^ Martin, John (August 17, 1949). "2 Premieres Given at Dance Festival". New York Times. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
{{cite news}}: Check|archive-url=value (help) - ^ Reynolds, Nancy; McCormick, Malcolm (2003). Dance in the Twentieth Century - No Fixed Points. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 324. ISBN 9780300093667.
- ^ Franko, Mark (Winter 1997). "Nation, Class, and Ethnicities in Modern Dance of the 1930s" (PDF). Theater Journal. 49 (4): 475–491. doi:10.1353/tj.1997.0102. JSTOR 3208393. S2CID 154489357 – via JSTOR.