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Dorothy Lyndall

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Dorothy Lyndall
Face of a young woman, smiling, in a dark bonnet and a striped dress; she is holding a book open in one hand.
Dorothy Lyndall in a bonnet and striped costume, from a 1916 newspaper.
BornMay 4, 1891
Los Angeles, California, US
DiedMay 11, 1979
Fontana, California, US
Occupation(s)Dancer, dance educator

Dorothy Lyndall (May 4, 1891 – May 11, 1979) was an American dancer and dance educator.

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

Personal life

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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.

References

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  1. ^ "Dorothy Lyndall from Councilmanic District 13 Los Angeles". 1940 Census District 60-1057. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary for Dorothy S. Lyndall (Aged 88)". The San Bernardino County Sun. 1979-05-15. p. 39. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. ^ a b "Purpose Program Presented". The Whittier News. 1918-02-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "40 Pretty Dancers Will Aid Pageant". Los Angeles Herald. June 1, 1916. p. 13. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  5. ^ "Norma Gould Dancers Will Appear Monday in Classic Program". Arizona Daily Star. 1919-11-23. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Willis, Dorothy (1917-06-09). "Miss Norma Gould and Fifty Dancers Present 'Nais' Ballet". Los Angeles Evening Express. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  7. ^ "Dainty Dancers will Attend Picnic; Woman's City Club Plans for Outing". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1916-07-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Le Probleme, Society's Latest Dance Step; L. A. Maids to Interpret Graceful Novelty". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1916-05-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Dance Program at Masonic Temple". Long Beach Press. 1918-09-25. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Bernice & Edgar (1921-04-01). "Society News". The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-04-18 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Maskey, Jacqueline A. (2000). "Kinch, Myra (1903-1981), modern dancer and choreographer". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800672. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  12. ^ Paris, Carmen (1997). Diccionario biográfico de la danza (in Spanish). Lib Deportivas Esteban Sanz. ISBN 978-84-85977-62-8.
  13. ^ Lewin, Yaël Tamar; Collins, Janet (2011-09-13). Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-0-8195-7115-1.
  14. ^ "Dances of Moderns to be Offered". The Los Angeles Times. 1931-04-26. p. 44. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Lyndall Dance Event July 27". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1931-07-18. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "U. A. Rhythmics Course Praised". Arizona Daily Star. 1935-05-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Dance Program for March 20". Arizona Daily Star. 1935-03-10. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Socially Speaking". Tucson Citizen. 1948-09-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Miss Dorothy Lyndall Feted at Parties". Arizona Daily Star. 1951-05-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Who's who in music and dance in Southern California. University of California Libraries. Hollywood : Bureau of Musical Research. 1933. pp. 129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  21. ^ The Lyric West. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. October 1921. pp. 18–19.
  22. ^ The Lyric West. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. March 1922. p. 23.
  23. ^ Dorothy Lyndall and Margaret Rees photograph collection, University of California, Irvine Libraries.
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