Ballet Performance by Dance Students of Gwen Gibbs
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- Description
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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.
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- Identifier
- 2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040334
- Archive
- IMCA Digital Archive
- Date
- 1955 to 1965
- Digitisation id
- 2023P_IMCA-DigitalArchive_040334
- Format
- B&W print
- Held in
- IMCA Digital Archive
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