BALTIMORE DANCE TREASURES
The Dance Treasure Award is a recognition of a lifetime of dedication, artistic excellence and tireless service and contribution
to dance throughout the Baltimore metropolitan community.
2005
EVA ANDERSON
Eva Anderson Dancers Eva Anderson began her dance training on a full dance scholarship at Bard College. She completed her BA in dance at Adelphi University in New York, and earned an MA in Education as well. In addition to studying modern dance techniques with followers of Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham, she studied ballet with instructors associated with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and African dance with Olatunji, the noted Nigerian dancer and drummer. She previously taught dance at Adelphi University, Goucher College, and Howard Community College. Mrs. Anderson was awarded the Maryland State Choreographers Fellowship in 1982 and again in 1986. Eva Anderson choreographed the dance scenes in Barry Levinson's movie “Avalon” and her history can be read in a published book entitled Women of Achievement in Maryland History (2003). She has received the Howie Award, Torch Bearer from the Coalition of 100 Black Women, a Special Salute from Great Blacks in Wax, the Distinguished Black Marylanders Award from Towson University, and an award from the Pierians, Incorporated. |
2005
DR. CHRYSTELLE BOND
Goucher College Chrystelle Bond, retired Professor of Dance and Founding Chair of the Dance Department, Goucher College is a dancer, researcher-reconstructor, teacher, and author, who received her dance training in Baltimore and New York and her B.S. degree cum laude with honors in dance and M.F.A. degree in dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As co-founder and director of Choregraphie Antique, The Dance History Ensemble of Goucher, her reconstructions have been performed at the Smithsonian, Colonial Williamsburg and St. Mark’s Dance Place, New York City. Her work has been performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Peabody Ragtime Ensemble. She has been an artist-scholar in residence at Penn State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She has performed and lectured at George Washington University, Roehampton Institute in London, and Middlesex University in London. Professor Bond has received Goucher's Distinguished Faculty Award in 1984; the Elizabeth Conolly Todd Distinguished Professorship in 1985 through 1990; and the Distinguished Service Award from the Maryland Council for Dance in 1994. Her publications include "Dance In Baltimore 1780-1814", Dance Perspectives 1976. She served as the president of Congress on Research in Dance and the dance critic for the Baltimore Sun for 14 years. |
2006
DR. IANTHA TUCKER
Morgan State University A Morgan State University alumnus, Dr. Iantha Tucker was on staff in the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance since 1976. Obtaining both her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science at MSU and finally a PhD. at New York University, Dr. Tucker began her MSU tenure serving not only as the primary dance instructor in the department but also serving as the artistic director and principle choreographer for the Modern Dance Ensemble at MSU. A noted dance historian on Black Dance, Dr. Tucker has been recognized for her achievements in dance education. She is the co-writer of the State of Maryland Curriculum Framework for Dance in Public Education and a member of the Maryland State Department of Education Task Force for the Arts in Education and the recipient of the Fulbright Hayes Fellowship (1991) and studied dance in Africa. |
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