Dorothy Lyndall (May 4, 1891 – May 11, 1979) was an American dancer and dance educator.
Dorothy Stewart Lyndall was born in Los Angeles in 1891, the daughter of Charles Penny Lyndall and Deborah Stewart Lyndall. [1] [2] She attended the University of California, Los Angeles. [3]
Lyndall was a dancer in Los Angeles, performing and touring in the 1910s as a leading member of the Norma Gould Dancers. [4] [5] [6] [7] Her frequent partner in dancing and teaching was dancer and model Bertha Wardell. [3] [8] She also had her own long-running school of dance in Los Angeles. [9] [10] Among her students in the 1930s were choreographer Myra Kinch [11] and Yuriko Kikuchi, who later danced on Broadway and with Martha Graham. [12] Another noted former student, Janet Collins, recalled Lyndall fondly: "Dorothy Lyndall was the greatest dance enthusiast and lover of the dance I have ever known. She loved the dance and loved dancers. She was literally a Socrates of the dance — she gathered dancers under her wings like a mother hen with her chicks." [13] Adrienne Dore danced in 1931 programs directed by Lyndall. [14] [15]
In 1935, Lyndall and Myra Kinch taught a special course in eurhythmics at the University of Arizona's dance program, [16] which was under the direction of Lyndall's student Genevieve Brown Wright. [17] Lyndall was still teaching and touring in 1948, when she went to Hawaii to study children's dance programs, and was described as being frequently in Tucson, Arizona. [18] In 1951 she visited Genevieve Wright in Arizona. [19]
Lyndall was a member of the Dancers' League. [20] She also wrote poetry, some of which was published in The Lyric West. [21] [22]
Dorothy Lyndall and Margaret Rees traveled together in the American Southwest, Hawaii, and Mexico. Their collection of photographs and postcards is in the University of California, Irvine Libraries. [23] Lyndall died in 1979, in Fontana, California, aged 88 years. [2] Her grave is in Mission City Memorial Park in Santa Clara, California.
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Dorothy Lyndall (May 4, 1891 – May 11, 1979) was an American dancer and dance educator.
Dorothy Stewart Lyndall was born in Los Angeles in 1891, the daughter of Charles Penny Lyndall and Deborah Stewart Lyndall. [1] [2] She attended the University of California, Los Angeles. [3]
Lyndall was a dancer in Los Angeles, performing and touring in the 1910s as a leading member of the Norma Gould Dancers. [4] [5] [6] [7] Her frequent partner in dancing and teaching was dancer and model Bertha Wardell. [3] [8] She also had her own long-running school of dance in Los Angeles. [9] [10] Among her students in the 1930s were choreographer Myra Kinch [11] and Yuriko Kikuchi, who later danced on Broadway and with Martha Graham. [12] Another noted former student, Janet Collins, recalled Lyndall fondly: "Dorothy Lyndall was the greatest dance enthusiast and lover of the dance I have ever known. She loved the dance and loved dancers. She was literally a Socrates of the dance — she gathered dancers under her wings like a mother hen with her chicks." [13] Adrienne Dore danced in 1931 programs directed by Lyndall. [14] [15]
In 1935, Lyndall and Myra Kinch taught a special course in eurhythmics at the University of Arizona's dance program, [16] which was under the direction of Lyndall's student Genevieve Brown Wright. [17] Lyndall was still teaching and touring in 1948, when she went to Hawaii to study children's dance programs, and was described as being frequently in Tucson, Arizona. [18] In 1951 she visited Genevieve Wright in Arizona. [19]
Lyndall was a member of the Dancers' League. [20] She also wrote poetry, some of which was published in The Lyric West. [21] [22]
Dorothy Lyndall and Margaret Rees traveled together in the American Southwest, Hawaii, and Mexico. Their collection of photographs and postcards is in the University of California, Irvine Libraries. [23] Lyndall died in 1979, in Fontana, California, aged 88 years. [2] Her grave is in Mission City Memorial Park in Santa Clara, California.
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