More Info →Gwen Gibbs with Dance Students

Description

Gwen Gibbs (1898-1983), third from the left, 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

Object type

Image

Content type

Image > B+W print

Identifier

2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040332

Archive

IMCA Digital Archive

Relation

Private Ownership - Lent for Scanning

Date

circa 1960

Digitisation ID

2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040332

Format

B&W print

Held In

"IMCA Digital Archive"