Finding Aid for Dance Program File, 1949-71 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Dance Program File, 1949-71

ID: 16/4/6

Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Dance

Extent: 0.3 cubic feet

Arrangement: alphabetical by subject

Subjects: Dance, Dance Curriculum, Dance Department, Fine and Applied Arts, College of, Orchesis, Physical Education, College of

Formats/Genres: Papers

Languages: English

Dance Program File of Department Chair Alice Cheska, including correspondence, reports, clippings and committee documents relating to the transfer of the dance program from the college of Physical Education to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, curricular requirements, departmental status, programs, studio, dancer in residence, Orchesis, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Correspondents include Margaret Erlanger, King McCristal, Allen Weller, and Lyle Lanier.

The creation of the Department of Dance occurred in 1968, but it had its beginnings 9 years earlier, in a graduate program for the Master Arts in Dance, in the College of Physical Education. This program was authorized in 1959 by the Board of Trustees.¹ In 1961 they authorized a new undergrad curriculum in dance, leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Dance. Like the graduate program, this curriculum was part of a Physical Education department, the Phys.Ed. Department for women.² In 1968 the Board of Trustees decided to transfer the program to the College of Fine and Applied Arts, where it became its own department, the Department of Dance.³

Dance
Dance Curriculum
Dance Department
Fine and Applied Arts, College of
Orchesis
Physical Education, College of

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals: 8/15/1989

Acquisition Source: Marianna Trekell

Other Note: 1 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1604006.pdf

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