Selma Jeanne Cohen
Selma Jeanne Cohen (born September 18, 1920 in Chicago - † December 23, 2005 ) was an American dance historian . She was the editor of the six-volume International Encyclopedia of Dance .
Publications
Author
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Next week, Swan Lake: Reflections on dance and dances , Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8195-6110-X
(German translation: Next week, Swan Lake: About dance and dancing , Frankfurt / Main: Fricke, 1988, ISBN 3-88184-081-8 )
Editor
- The modern dance: Seven statements of belief , Middletown, Conn .: Wesleyan University Press, 1969, ISBN 0-8195-6003-0
- Doris Humphrey: An artist first , Middletown, Conn .: Wesleyan University Press, 1972, ISBN 0-8195-4054-4
- Dance as a theater art: Source readings in dance history from 1581 to the present , New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1974, ISBN 0-396-06894-4
- International encyclopedia of dance , 6 volumes, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-509462-X
Web links
- "Biography Selma Jeanne Cohen" (New York Public Library)
- "Selma Jeanne Cohen, 85, a Historian of Dance, Is Dead" (New York Times December 26, 2005)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cohen, Selma Jeanne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dance historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 2005 |