Roots and Wings

Mary-Elizabeth Manley is professor emerita and senior scholar in York University's Dance Department. Her research has been published extensively in Dance and the Child International (daCi) Congress conference proceedings. She was the chief editor for daCi's First 30 Years: Rich Returns and directed ARTStart, a children's community dance and arts program at York University. Mary Ann Lee is director of the University of Utah Tanner Dance Program and Children's Dance Theatre and adjunct associate professor of Modern Dance in the School of Dance at the University of Utah. She has published articles and a book on dance pedagogy for young dancers. Robert Bruce Bennett (1915-2006) was the husband of Virginia Tanner and the business manager of the Virginia Tanner Creative Dance Studio and the Children's Dance Theatre.

Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Gift of Dance Freely Given Chapter 1 Awakening: Born to a Place and Time Chapter 2 Distant Voices: In Search of a Calling Chapter 3 Inspiration: Summer Schools in the Rockies Chapter 4 Hop- Scotching Chapter 5 Uncharted Territory: Launching a Career Chapter 6 Birth of a Young Company Chapter 7 Balance: The Juggling Act Chapter 8 Springboards: The Buttermilk Tree Chapter 9 Children: Straight Out of Heaven Chapter 10 Imagination: The Beauty of Childhood Chapter 11 Liftoff: When Dreams Take Flight Chapter 12 Invitations: Westward Ho Chapter 13 Virginia: "The Breadwinner" Chapter 14 Sunshine and Sand: Hawaii Beckons Chapter 15 A Master Teacher: IMPACT Calls Chapter 16 Bright with Promise: The Golden Age for the Arts in Education Chapter 17 Bulldozers on the Horizon: A Search for Home Chapter 18 What Joy They Gave Unknowingly Chapter 19 Unstoppable Drive: A Brilliant Journey Coda You Taught My Soul to Dance Notes Bibliography

"This work is a significant contribution. Biographical information on people such as Virginia Tanner, who devoted their lives to the development of children through the arts, is almost nonexistent."-Douglas C. Sonntag, emeritus Director of Dance, National Endowment for the Arts