Keynote and Lifetime Achievement Award

With Ruth Alperson, Diplôme Supérieur

Recorded June 7, 2024

With special introductory performances by Michael Joviala, Dawn Pratson, Anetta Pasternak, Wiktoria Jańczyk, and Anna Morawiec

In her keynote address, Ruth Alperson remembers her time as a student with Inda Howland, the first American woman to receive the Diplôme Supérieur. Howland taught at Oberlin from 1940–1974. As Ruth writes, “My introduction to eurhythmics was at Oberlin, in 1969, with Professor Inda Howland, one of the great pedagogues in my lifetime. Howland’s work was inspiring. Her course sent me on a career path, in Dalcroze eurhythmics. The path now turns back to Oberlin, to this DSA conference, where I celebrate Inda Howland through stories and an exercise inspired by her work.”

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