Tina Flade
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9 March 1905
Tina Flade | |
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 Tina Flade, from a 1936 newspaper. | |
| Born | Albertine Flade 9 March 1905 Dresden |
| Died | 27 September 1997 (aged 92) Columbus, Ohio, US |
| Other names | Tina Flade Mooney (after marriage) |
| Occupation | Dancer |
Tina Flade (9 March 1905 – 27 September 1997), born Albertine Flade, and later known as Tina Flade Mooney, was a German modern dancer. From 1934 to 1938, she taught dance at Mills College in California.
Career
Flade performed with Wigman's concert group in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.[5] She made her American debut in 1933, in New York; "she was gay, light, exuberant and altogether charming" recalled the New York Times' dance critic, John Martin.[3][6] She danced in Los Angeles later in 1933.[7][8] "There is a woodsy, faun-like loveliness", commented the Los Angeles Times critic. "She is filled with the joy of dancing and made her audience feel that dancing is a natural expression."[9]
In 1934, she was appointed head of the dance department at Mills College in California.[10][11] She developed her own dance compositions,[12] and gave a solo show at the Bennington School of the Dance in 1935.[13][14] In 1937 she taught modern dance at the Mills College Summer School,[15] and served on a committee to study modern dance for high school physical education classes.[16] She often collaborated with her Mills College colleague, composer and musician Henry Cowell.[17][18] She also worked with San Francisco-based composer Lou Harrison.[2][19] Among the dancers who studied with Flade were King Lan Chew[20] and choreographer Valerie Bettis.[21]
After marriage in 1938, she moved to Ohio, and taught classes for dance instructors at Ohio State University.[22]
