Lucile Katheryn Czarnowski (February 18, 1895 – October 7, 1985)[1] was an American dance educator and scholar. She was founder and president of the Folk Dance Federation of California, and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Lucile Czarnowski | |
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 Lucile K. Czarnowski, from the 1923 yearbook of the University of California | |
| Born | February 18, 1895 Arizona |
| Died | October 7, 1985 (age 89) Greenbrae, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, dance scholar |
Early life and education
editCzarnowski was raised in Congress, Arizona,[2] the daughter of Frank M. Czarnowski and Charlotte P. Mehl Czarnowski. Her father was born in Poland, and her mother was born in Missouri. She graduated from the University of California in 1923,[3] and earned a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1931, with a thesis titled "Some Genetic Phases of the Dance."[4] She pursued further studies in dance at the Wigman School in Dresden, and at the Bennington School of Dance in Vermont.[5][6]
Career
editCzarnowski taught physical education at the University of California, Berkeley,[7] from 1923 to 1973. She read a paper on dance education at the World Congress of Physical Education in 1939,[8] in Stockholm, and received an award from the King of Sweden for her work.[5][9]
She was a founder and, from 1945 to 1946, the fourth president of the Folk Dance Federation of California. She was national dance chair of the American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.[10][11] She was general director of the first California Folk Dance Festival, held in Ojai in 1946,[12] She taught at the first several Idyllwild Folk Dance Workshops, in 1953,[13] 1954 and 1955,[14] and at the Stockton Folk Dance Camp.[15] In 1968, she received the Heritage Award from the American Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, for her lifetime achievements in the field.[16]
Publications
edit- "Summary of National Dance Section Meetings" (1940)[17]
- Folk Dances from Near and Far (1945, multiple volumes)[18]
- Dances of Early California Days (1950)[19]
- How to Teach Folk and Square Dance (1953, rev. 1961, with Jack McKay)[20]
- Folk Dance Teaching Cues (1963)[21]
- "What is Right with the Dance" (1968)[22]
- "Destined from the Start for her Life Work: Elizabeth Burchenal, 1877–1959" (1970)[23]
Personal life
editCzarnowski died in 1985, in Greenbrae, California, at the age of 89.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Birth and death dates are those given on her gravestone and the U.S. Social Security Death Index. The birth year of 1895 matches her listing as a 15-year-old in the 1910 federal census, via Ancestry. Some sources give her birth year as 1897.
- ^ "Congress News: Parties and Merrymaking There Last Week". Arizona Republic. 1906-07-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ University of California (1923). "Blue and gold, being a record of the college year". HathiTrust. p. 381. hdl:2027/uc1.32106019794418. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile Katharyn. Some Genetic Phases of the Dance. University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1931.
- ^ a b "Dance Exponent Recent Visitor". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1947-09-07. p. 48. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dance Lesson to be Given Class of 100". The Sacramento Union. 1937-12-10. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Layne, J. Gregg (1950-03-01). "Review: Dances of Early California Days, by Lucile K. Czarnowski". The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly. 32 (1): 91–92. doi:10.2307/41168237. ISSN 2162-9366. JSTOR 41168237.
- ^ "U.C. Teacher on Way to Sweden". Oakland Tribune. June 14, 1939. p. 4. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ A Tribute to Lucile Czarnowski Folk Dance Federation of California.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile K. (September 1941). "The Dance Section-Questions and Answers". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 12 (7): 403–441. doi:10.1080/23267240.1941.10622845. ISSN 2326-7240.
- ^ "Oakland Dancing Teachers Aid S. F. in Meeting Plans". The Oakland Post Enquirer. 1939-03-31. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-03-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Folklore News". California Folklore Quarterly. 5 (3): 313–316. 1946. ISSN 1556-1283. JSTOR 1495542.
- ^ "Folk Dance Festival set for Idyllwild this weekend". Daily Gazette. July 23, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Idyllwild Folk Dance Workshop". The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH). Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Lucile Czarnowski". Southern California Folk Dance. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Lidster, Miriam (June 1968). "Lucile K. Czarnowski Receives Heritage Award". Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation. 39 (6): 77. doi:10.1080/00221473.1968.10613784. ISSN 0022-1473.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile K. (June 1940). "Summary of National Dance Section Meetings". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 11 (6): 377–378. doi:10.1080/23267240.1940.10622688. ISSN 2326-7240.
- ^ Folk dance federation of California. (1945). Folk dances from near and far ... Berkeley, Calif.: The Folk dance federation of California.
- ^ McIntosh, David S. (1951). "Review of Dances of Early California Days". Western Folklore. 10 (2): 193–194. doi:10.2307/1497994. ISSN 0043-373X. JSTOR 1497994.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile K.; McKay, Jack B. (1953). "How to teach folk and square dance". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/uiuc.2742707. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile Katheryn (1963). Folk Dance Teaching Cues. National Press.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile K. (October 1968). "What is Right with the Dance". Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation. 39 (8): 87–90. doi:10.1080/00221473.1968.10613841. ISSN 0022-1473.
- ^ Czarnowski, Lucile (February 1970). "Destined from the Start for Her Lifework: Elizabeth Burchenal 1877-1959". Journal of Health, Physical Education, Recreation. 41 (2): 23–25. doi:10.1080/00221473.1970.10613952. ISSN 0022-1473.