Background
Terry, Walter was born on May 14, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Matthews and Frances Lindsay (Gray) T. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1935.
Terry, Walter was born on May 14, 1913 in Brooklyn. Son of Walter Matthews and Frances Lindsay (Gray) T. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity North Carolina, 1935.
A.F.D. (honorary), Ricker College, 1968. Dance critic Boston Herald, 1936-1939. Dance critic, editor New York Herald Tribune, 1939-1942, 45-66.
Editor World Journal Tribune, 1966-1967, Saturday Review, 1967-1972. With World Magazine, 1972-1973, Saturday Review/World magazine, 1973-1975, Saturday Review, 1975-1982. Teacher dance Adelphi College, 1942, Yale, 1975, Southern Connecticut State College, 1974-1975.
Lecturer, conductor radio program on subject of dance, 1940. Dancer: mus. comedy Rose Marie, Royal Opera House, Cairo, 1943. Selected: dances and dancers for Ford television Workshop’s Excursion, 1953, Frontiers of Faith, 1955, Eye on New York, 1958.
Several appearances and selection of dances and dancers for, Camera 3, Columbia Broadcasting System-television, 1953, 54. Author: Invitation to Dance, 1942, Star Performance, 1954, (with Paul Himmel) Ballet in Action, 1954, The Dance in America, 1956, review, 1971, Ballet: A New Guide to the Liveliet Art, 1959, On Pointe, 1962, Isadora Duncan, 1964, The Ballet Companion, 1968, Miss Ruth: The More Living Life of Ruth St. Denis, 1969, Ballet: A Pictorial History, 1970, Careers for the ’70’s: Dance, 1971, Ballet Guide, 1976, Ted Shawn: Father of American Dance, 1976, I Was There, 1978, Great Male Dancers of the Ballet, 1978, The King’s Ballet Master: A Biography of Denmark’s August Bournonville, 1979, Alicia and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, 1981. Contributor: (with Paul Himmel) chapter to Dance: A Basic Educational Technique, 1941.
Also articles dance publications. Dance editor: (with Paul Himmel) Encyclopedia British.
Editor World Journal Tribune, 1966-1967, Saturday Review, 1967-1972.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member Newspaper Guild New York.