Stuart Hodes
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Stuart Hodes by Alfred Gescheidt
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Stuart Hodes Gescheidt 27 November 1924 New York, New York, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Dancer, choreographer, educator, author |
Stuart Hodes (born 1924) is an American dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, dance administrator and author. He was Martha Graham’s partner, danced on Broadway, in TV, film, in recitals, and with his own troupe. His choreography has appeared on the Boston Ballet, Dallas Ballet, Harkness Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and other troupes. He taught at the Martha Graham School, Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC High School of Performing Arts, headed dance at NYU School of the Arts and Borough of Manhattan Community College. He was Dance Associate for the NY State Council on the Arts, dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, president of the National Association of Schools of Dance, and a member of the First American Dance Study Team to China in 1980, returning in 1992 to teach the Guangzhou modern dance troupe.
Stuart Hodes Gescheidt was born in New York City on November 27, 1924, grew up in Flushing, Miami Beach, FL, and Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. His older sister was writer, Malvine Cole, and younger brother, photographer, Alfred Gescheidt. He attended PS 98, Brooklyn Technical High School, and Brooklyn College, entered the army in 1943, served in the Army Air Corps (not yet called the Air Force). Trained as a B-17 pilot, he flew seven bombing missions before VE Day, then, attached to the Military Air Transport Command, flew troops from Naples, Italy, to Marrakech, Morocco. Reassigned to the Army of Occupation, he began flying reporters for an unofficial Army newspaper, The Foggia Occupator, then joined its reportorial staff. Discharged a 2nd Lt. in June, 1945, he joined the Air Force Reserves for four more years. His first civilian job was publicity director for the Bennington (Vermont) Drama Festival, before re-entering Brooklyn College, leaving when offered a dancing job by Martha Graham.
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