Background
Hauser, Nancy Mcknight was born on November 20, 1909 in Bayside, New York, United States. Daughter of Edgar Scott and Adelaide Burton McKnight.
Hauser, Nancy Mcknight was born on November 20, 1909 in Bayside, New York, United States. Daughter of Edgar Scott and Adelaide Burton McKnight.
Dance training with, Louise Revere Morris, 1926-1936; dance training with, Doris Humphrey, 1926-1936; dance training with, Charles Weidman, 1926-1936; dance training with, Hanya Holm, 1926-1936.
Member, Hanya Holm Dance Company, 1932-1936; instructor, Finch Junior College, 1933-1937; instructor, Milwaukee Department Recreation, 1938-1943; instructor, Carleton College, 1944-1947; assistant professor, Carleton College, 1950-1960; instructor, Macalester College, 1946-1949; founder, Dance Guild Theatre and School, 1961; artistic director, Guild Performing Arts and Nancy Hauser Dance Company, Minneapolis, 1968-1990. Instructor Hanya Holm School Dance, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, 1978-1990,University of Minnesota, 1981-1990. Consultant artists-in-schools National Endowment for Arts.
Active Minneapolis Arts Commission, 1976-1979, Minnesota Alliance Arts in Education, 1978-1980. Visiting artists University of Wisconsin, Madison, spring 1983.
Married Rudolph Alonzo Hauser, January 1, 1934. Children: Michael Scott, Heidi Hauser Jasmin, Anthony Paul.
