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Timeline

1900

Birth

1920

Graduation from the Alfred School

1923

Joins faculty of Kansas State Teachers College

1926

Moves to New York City

1927

Joins faculty of University of Oregon

1929

Moves back to New York City

1930

Joins faculty New York University

1932

Joins faculty Bennington College

1934

Founding co-director of the Bennington School of the Dance summer school and festival

1941

Receives her Masters of Arts from New York University

1948

Founding director of of Connecticut College School of Dance which will become American Dance Festival

1951

Founding director of the Dance Division at Julliard

1952

Marries Thurston "Lefty" Davies

1954

Creates Juilliard Dance Theatre

1968

Juilliard move to Lincoln Center

1985

Director of the Juilliard Dance Division, Named Artistic Director Emeritus

1995

Death

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