Jean Erdman: American dancer (1916-2020)
Jean Erdman (February 20, 1916 – May 4, 2020) was an American dancer and choreographer.
She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography in 1972 for her work in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. She was known for her works as Ideal Spectator in Every Soul is a Circus, the Speaking Fate in Punch and the Judy and the One Who Speaks in Letter to the World.
Erdman died on May 4, 2020 in Honolulu, aged 104.
References
Other websites
- Jean Erdman on IMDb
- Jean Erdman Papers, 1925-2001 - The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Modern Innovator Erdman Honored
- The Grande Dame of Dance Archived 2016-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
- Dance: A Survey of Jean Erdman Choreography Since '42 - New York Times
- Dance: Jean Erdman's Works at the Open Eye - New York Times
This short article about an actor or group of actors from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Jean Erdman, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.