Dorothy Lyndall Explained

Dorothy Lyndall
Birth Date:May 4, 1891
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, US
Death Date:May 11, 1979
Death Place:Fontana, California, US
Occupation:Dancer, dance educator

Dorothy Lyndall (May 4, 1891 – May 11, 1979) was an American dancer and dance educator.

Early life

Dorothy 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

Lyndall 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.[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

Dorothy 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. Her grave is in Mission City Memorial Park in Santa Clara, California.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dorothy Lyndall from Councilmanic District 13 Los Angeles. 1940 Census District 60-1057. 2020-04-18.
  2. News: Obituary for Dorothy S. Lyndall (Aged 88). 1979-05-15. The San Bernardino County Sun. 2020-04-19. 39.
  3. News: Purpose Program Presented. 1918-02-04. The Whittier News. 2020-04-19. 4. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 40 Pretty Dancers Will Aid Pageant. June 1, 1916. Los Angeles Herald. April 18, 2020. 13. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  5. News: Norma Gould Dancers Will Appear Monday in Classic Program. 1919-11-23. Arizona Daily Star. 2020-04-19. 16. Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Willis. Dorothy. Miss Norma Gould and Fifty Dancers Present 'Nais' Ballet. 1917-06-09. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2020-04-19. 5.
  7. News: Dainty Dancers will Attend Picnic; Woman's City Club Plans for Outing. 1916-07-01. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2020-04-19. 8. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: Le Probleme, Society's Latest Dance Step; L. A. Maids to Interpret Graceful Novelty. 1916-05-15. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2020-04-19. 1. Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Dance Program at Masonic Temple. 1918-09-25. Long Beach Press. 2020-04-19. 11. Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Bernice & Edgar. Society News. 1921-04-01. The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News. 2020-04-18. 5. Newspapers.com.
  11. Web site: Kinch, Myra (1903-1981), modern dancer and choreographer. Maskey. Jacqueline A.. American National Biography. 2000. en. 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800672. 2020-04-18.
  12. Book: Paris, Carmen. Diccionario biográfico de la danza. 1997. Lib Deportivas Esteban Sanz. 978-84-85977-62-8. es.
  13. Book: Lewin. Yaël Tamar. Night's Dancer: The Life of Janet Collins. Collins. Janet. 2011-09-13. Wesleyan University Press. 978-0-8195-7115-1. 62–63. en.
  14. News: Dances of Moderns to be Offered. 1931-04-26. The Los Angeles Times. 2020-04-19. 44. Newspapers.com.
  15. News: Lyndall Dance Event July 27. 1931-07-18. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2020-04-19. 10. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: U. A. Rhythmics Course Praised. 1935-05-23. Arizona Daily Star. 2020-04-19. 3. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: Dance Program for March 20. 1935-03-10. Arizona Daily Star. 2020-04-19. 14. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Socially Speaking. 1948-09-17. Tucson Citizen. 2020-04-19. 14. Newspapers.com.
  19. News: Miss Dorothy Lyndall Feted at Parties. 1951-05-16. Arizona Daily Star. 2020-04-19. 12. Newspapers.com.
  20. Book: Who's who in music and dance in Southern California. 1933. Hollywood : Bureau of Musical Research. University of California Libraries. 129.
  21. Book: The Lyric West. October 1921. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. 18–19. en.
  22. Book: The Lyric West. March 1922. Grace Atherton Dennen, Editor and Publisher. 23. en.
  23. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1t1nf1wz/admin/ Dorothy Lyndall and Margaret Rees photograph collection

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