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Welsh dance educator From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Betty Marguerita Meredith-Jones (19 May 1908 – 12 May 1996) was a Welsh dancer, dance educator, and rehabilitation specialist, a student and proponent of the work of Rudolf von Laban.
Betty Meredith-Jones | |
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Betty Meredith-Jones, from a 1955 newspaper | |
| Born | Betty Marguerita Meredith Jones 19 May 1908 Aberdare, Wales, U.K. |
| Died | 12 May 1996 Swansea, Wales, U.K. |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, dance educator, rehabilitation specialist |
Meredith-Jones was born in Aberdare, the daughter of William Meredith Jones and Ellen Ada Jones.[1] Her father was a surgeon-dentist for the Aberdare Education Authority.[2] She was presented to Princess Elizabeth in 1939, during the future queen's tour of Wales.[3][4]
Meredith-Jones trained in dance with Rudolf von Laban, and with the Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics.[5] She was a graduate of the Chelsea College of Physical Education.[6] She earned a master's degree at Columbia University.[7] In the 1960s she studied Laban movement analysis with Warren Lamb.[8]
Meredith-Jones taught dance and physical education courses,[2] and choreographed shows for the Salisbury Arts Centre,[5] before 1952, when she moved to the United States to teach movement classes.[9][10] She created a rehabilitation program at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, promoting movement training for addressing Parkinson's disease.[11] She taught at Teachers College, Columbia University,[7] Oregon State University,[12] Stanford University,[13] the University of California, Berkeley,[14] Skidmore College,[15][16] Duke University,[17] and the New School for Social Research.[18] She also consulted on symbolic movement in liturgical contexts,[19] and taught movement classes for older women.[20][21]
Meredith-Jones lived in Rhossili in her later years.[7] She died in 1996, at the age of 87, at Singleton Hospital in Swansea.[23] There is a collection of her papers in the National Resource Centre for Dance at the University of Surrey.[24]
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