Английская Википедия:Alick-Maud Pledge
Шаблон:Infobox person Шаблон:Use dmy dates Alick-Maud Pledge (1893–1949) was an English folk dance and gymnastics teacher in France.
Early life
Alick-Maud Pledge (sometimes written as Maud Alick Pledge) was born in London.[1]
Career in France
Pledge moved to France in 1926 following the call of Jaques-Dalcroze, but became soon independent. In the New Education movement, she created the French associations Education and Movement and Friends of the Popular Dance. She popularized the Chapelloise, a folk dance, in France.[2] She influenced Marcelle Albert, Marinette Aristow-Journoud and Jean-Michel Guilcher who carried on with teaching folk dances in France.
Personal life
Pledge died in 1949, in her mid-fifties. Her gravesite is in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
References
Articles
- « Mouvement, gymnastique et équilibre nerveux », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1932, 3 articles pp. 9, 18 et 39.
- « La danse populaire », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1935.
Publications
- Jean-Philippe Saint-Martin. Les origines oubliées de la Gymnastique Volontaire entre les deux guerres mondiales. In SPORT ET GENRE (VOLUME 3) Apprentissage du genre et institutions éducatives. Lharmattan, 2006, 55–69.
External links
- Miss Pledge (1893-1949) by Yves Guilcher
- Education et mouvement
