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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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