Dancing and its connection with physical education by Ted Shawn (May 24, 1936)

Shawn, Ted, 1891-1972 · May 24, 1936

An article titled "Dancing and its connection with physical education" written by Ted Shawn and published by the Boston Herald on May 24, 1936. This article is the 21st in a series of 27 articles about dancing written by Ted Shawn and published between April 7 and June 9, 1936 by the Boston Herald. This article focuses on the utility of considering dance as a form of physical education on its own. Ted Shawn argued that dance should be given a full status as one of the fine arts, and as many schools of music, his hope was for universities to create schools of dance where students could learn this art. For biographical information on Ted Shawn, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/584.