Dorothy Lyndall (May 4, 1891 – May 11, 1979) was an American dancer and dance educator.
Dorothy Lyndall | |
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 Dorothy Lyndall in a bonnet and striped costume, from a 1916 newspaper. | |
| Born | May 4, 1891 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | May 11, 1979 Fontana, California, US |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, dance educator |
Early life
editDorothy 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
editLyndall 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
editDorothy 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
edit- ^ "Dorothy Lyndall from Councilmanic District 13 Los Angeles". 1940 Census District 60-1057. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ a b "Obituary for Dorothy S. Lyndall (Aged 88)". The San Bernardino County Sun. 1979-05-15. p. 39. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ a b "Purpose Program Presented". The Whittier News. 1918-02-04. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "40 Pretty Dancers Will Aid Pageant". Los Angeles Herald. June 1, 1916. p. 13. Retrieved April 18, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Norma Gould Dancers Will Appear Monday in Classic Program". Arizona Daily Star. 1919-11-23. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Willis, Dorothy (1917-06-09). "Miss Norma Gould and Fifty Dancers Present 'Nais' Ballet". Los Angeles Evening Express. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Dance Program at Masonic Temple". Long Beach Press. 1918-09-25. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Paris, Carmen (1997). Diccionario biográfico de la danza (in Spanish). Lib Deportivas Esteban Sanz. ISBN 978-84-85977-62-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Dances of Moderns to be Offered". The Los Angeles Times. 1931-04-26. p. 44. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lyndall Dance Event July 27". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1931-07-18. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "U. A. Rhythmics Course Praised". Arizona Daily Star. 1935-05-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dance Program for March 20". Arizona Daily Star. 1935-03-10. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Socially Speaking". Tucson Citizen. 1948-09-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Dorothy Lyndall Feted at Parties". Arizona Daily Star. 1951-05-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-04-19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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) - ^ The Lyric West. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. October 1921. pp. 18–19.
- ^ The Lyric West. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. March 1922. p. 23.
- ^ Dorothy Lyndall and Margaret Rees photograph collection, University of California, Irvine Libraries.
External links
edit- John Crosse, "Bertha Wardell: Dances in Silence: Kings Road, Olive Hill and Carmel" Southern California Architectural History (June 4, 2012). A long and abundantly illustrated blogpost situating Dorothy Lyndall and Bertha Wardell in the Los Angeles arts scene of the 1910s and 1920s, including connections with dancers Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, and Mikhail Mordkin, and photographers Barbara Morgan and Edward Weston.
- Dorothy Lyndall at Find a Grave
