Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter

Background

Ruyter, Nancy Lee Chalfa was born on May 23, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Andrew Benedict Chalfa and Lois Elizabeth (Strode) McClary.

Education

Bachelor in History, University of California, Riverside, 1964;

Doctor of Philosophy in History, Claremont Graduate School, 1970.

Career

Teacher theater department, Pomona College, 1965-1972;

instructor dance program, University of California, Riverside, 1972-1976;

acting chair dance program, University of California, Riverside, 1974-1975;

instructor dance department, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976;

instructor physical education department, Orange Coast College, 1976-1977;

assistant professor department physical education and dance, Tufts U., 1977-1978;

assistant professor physical education department, California State University, Northridge, 1978-1982;

assistant professor, then associate professor dance department, University of California, Irvine, since 1982;

associate dean School Fine Arts, University of California, Irvine, 1984-1988, 95-96;

chair department dance, University of California, Irvine, 1989-1991. Presenter in field.

Nancy taught in the Dance Department of the University of California, Irvine from 1982 until 2014.

Achievements

• Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter has been listed as a noteworthy Dance educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Cultivation of Body and Mind in Nineteenth-Century American Delsartism 1999
  • Reformers and Visionaries: The Americanization of the Art of Dance 1971
  • La Meri and Her Life in Dance: Performing the World 2019
  • Yugoslav Dance: An Introduction and List of Sources Available in United States Libraries 1981

Membership

Member American Society Theatre Research, Bulgarian Studies Association, Congress on Research in Dance (board directors 1977-1980, 2003-2008, president 1981-1985), Folk Dance Federation, International Federation Theatre Research, Society Dance Research, Society Ethnomusicology, Society Dance History Scholars (steering committee 1980-1981), Spanish Dance Society, Theatre Library. Association.

Connections

Married Ralph Markson (divorced). Married Hans C. Ruyter, December 7, 1968 (deceased January 1998).

Father:

Andrew Benedict Chalfa McClary

Mother:

Lois Elizabeth (Strode) McClary

Spouse:

Ralph Markson

Spouse:

Hans C. Ruyter