Ballet Performance by Dance Students of Gwen Gibbs

Description

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983) was a significant Palmerston North dance teacher. After performing internationally, she established the Broadway School of dancing about 1929. She knew important ballet figures and travelled overseas for new ideas. She was a life-long student of dance and left a strong teaching legacy, training several long-standing Palmerston North teachers who have gone on to train professional dancers.

Gwen Gibbs was her stage name. Born Gwendolyn Lillian Rogers, she married Gordon Milton McCaskill in 1923. Their only son Donald Gordon McCaskill, a pilot, died on war service World War II.

Identification

Content type

Image > B+W print

Identifier

2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040335

Archive

IMCA Digital Archive

Relation

Private Ownership - Lent for Scanning

Date

1955 to 1965

Digitisation id

2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040335

Format

B&W print

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IMCA Digital Archive