Background
Underwood, Sharry Marie Traver was born on May 4, 1922 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Adelbert and Elsie Margaret (Yount) Traver.
(In her tale of a dancer’s life in 1940s America, Underwoo...)
In her tale of a dancer’s life in 1940s America, Underwood reveals both the rapture she felt in dancing and her refreshingly spunky approach to a career. Over the decade, this young woman–experiencing a wide range of performing styles and training techniques–matured and developed as an artist and a person. Her reminiscences, written in the vivid prose style she cultivated in her mature years as a dance critic in Burlington, Vermont (where for decades she also performed, choreographed, and ran a company), she provides an illuminating view of theater and dance during the war and the immediate postwar years.
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Underwood, Sharry Marie Traver was born on May 4, 1922 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Charles Adelbert and Elsie Margaret (Yount) Traver.
Student, Syracuse University, 1943. Bachelor in Theater, Brenau College, 1944. Master of Arts in Dance, Texas Woman's University, 1946.
Certified, Famous Writer's School, 1968.
Dancer, various festivals and operettas, 1942-1946;
dancer, Insect Comedy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1947;
dancer Broadway productions, Bloomer Girl, Ballet Ballads, Finian's Rainbow,, 1947-1948;
dancer Broadway productions, Charles Weidman & Dance Theater Company, 1948;
dancer, Boston Dance League and Boston Opera, 1949-1951;
artistic director, choreographer, Vermont Dance Company, Inc., Burlington, 1968-1988. Instructor dance various schools including Tufts U., New York University, Barnard College, Pine Manor Prep, 1949-1952, Johnson College, 1985. Dance critic Burlington Free Press, 1977-1983, 91-.
Actress with Vermont Repertory Theatre, since 1987.
(In her tale of a dancer’s life in 1940s America, Underwoo...)
Choreographer for local pageants, art festivals, community theater productions, Vermont. Member League of Vermont Writers (president 1984-1985), Vermont Association Theatre and Theatre Works (board directors 1988-1990).
Married Wynn Thomas Underwood, September 7, 1949. Children: Sky Underwood Cardile, Joel Traver, Andrea Yount Jones, Darcy Angharad Underwood Carter, Margot Hillary.