Dancer · Dance Teacher

May Gadd

British-born expert on American and English country dance

Born 1890 · ChichesterDied 1979United StatesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

May Gadd was an American dancer and dance teacher, born in 1890 in Chichester, who died in 1979.

Biography

May Gadd was an internationally known expert on American and English country dance. Gadd was born in Chichester, England in 1890. She became a physical education instructor but after seeing a dance in a London theatre, attended Cecil Sharp's summer camp in 1915.

From the Wikipedia article “May Gadd”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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