Background
Johnson, Tance was born on March 1, 1925 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of John Stanford and Lois May (Gill) Moore.
choreographer arts administrator
Johnson, Tance was born on March 1, 1925 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Daughter of John Stanford and Lois May (Gill) Moore.
AB cum laude, University California-Chico, 1945. Student of Jose Limon, Charles Weidman, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Louis Horst, Glenn Tetley, Royal Academy Dance. Intermediate certified, Labanotation Bureau Dancer.
Intermediate certified, Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Intermediate certified, Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company. Intermediate certified, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Intermediate certified, San Francisco Dance Spectrum.
Dance teacher Jose Limon, New York City, 1954—1957, Juilliard School, 1955—1957. Consultant dance Stanford University, California, 1970. Master teacher San Francisco State University, Sacramento River College, Modesto Junior College, others, 1965—1975, Fordham University, New York City, 1975.
Dance coordinator Lone Mountain College, San Francisco, 1974—1975. Resident choreographer Dance Spectrum, 1973—1978. Artistic director Tance Danz, since 1979.
Panelist dance California Arts Council, 1980—1981. Adjudicator San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, 1979, 1983, Stockton Arts Commission, 1982. Founding board directors City Celebration/City Arts, San Francisco, 1979—1989.
Member Regional Ballet Association, Bay Area Dance Coalition, Labanotation Bureau, Dance Critics Association, San Francisco Dance Spectrum (board directors, vice president 1975-1977), San Francisco Women Arts Club, Palo Alto Art Club (solo shows).
Married James Frederick Johnson, Junior, December 1945 (divorced 1948). Married Carl Vernon Sitton, February 22, 1952.