Elizabeth's
musical training and experience include piano and composition studies
at the Juilliard School, Following this she pursued a career as a
composer with public performances, mainly in NYC. Betty Jones and
José Limón have used Elizabeth's scores for their choreography. She
became increasingly involved in dance while a Juilliard student. Beginning
in 1951 she worked intensively as an accompanist, rehearsal pianist
and/or musical coach with Antony Tudor, Margaret Craske, Alfredo Corvino,
Maggie Black, David Blair, Benjamin Harkarvy, Vitale Fokine and members
of the Graham and Limon companies, among others. Elizabeth taught
in the Juilliard Dance Division from 1964 -75. Her courses included
Music I, II, IV, and Musical Coaching. She then moved to England from
1975 - 84. While in England she completed her book, Dance with
the Music, 1985. Elizabeth has lectured and taught in the Limon
Summer Workshop, in Amsterdam, Holland and the Pedagogical Dance College
in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1998 she participated in the 3rd International
Conference of Musicians in Dance, as a key-presenter, also in Stockholm.
she is now writing a book on the choreographer, Antony Tudor, from
which two extracts have been published -- in Dance Chronicle
and Dance International (Canada).
Elizabeth's
musical training and experience include piano and composition studies
at the Juilliard School, Following this she pursued a career as a
composer with public performances, mainly in NYC. Betty Jones and
José Limón have used Elizabeth's scores for their choreography. She
became increasingly involved in dance while a Juilliard student. Beginning
in 1951 she worked intensively as an accompanist, rehearsal pianist
and/or musical coach with Antony Tudor, Margaret Craske, Alfredo Corvino,
Maggie Black, David Blair, Benjamin Harkarvy, Vitale Fokine and members
of the Graham and Limon companies, among others. Elizabeth taught
in the Juilliard Dance Division from 1964 -75. Her courses included
Music I, II, IV, and Musical Coaching. She then moved to England from
1975 - 84. While in England she completed her book, Dance with
the Music, 1985. Elizabeth has lectured and taught in the Limon
Summer Workshop, in Amsterdam, Holland and the Pedagogical Dance College
in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1998 she participated in the 3rd International
Conference of Musicians in Dance, as a key-presenter, also in Stockholm.
she is now writing a book on the choreographer, Antony Tudor, from
which two extracts have been published -- in Dance Chronicle
and Dance International (Canada).