Susan Jordan: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

Jordan began dancing at the age of 7, and danced professionally with the [[New Zealand Ballet Company]] from the age of 17. She briefly gave up dancing to study typing and shorthand at a business school, and then theology with the aim of becoming a missionary, however she returned to dancing.<ref name=":2" />

Jordan considered studying ballet in England or Australia but instead completed a master of arts degree in dance in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C]] in the United States, where she was exposed to the teachings of [[Martha Graham]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Schultz|first=Marianne|date=2011|title=Phantom Limbs|url=http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/2011/NZJH_45_2_05.pdf|journal=New Zealand Journal of History,|pages=225-245}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Crave Cafe|url=https://www.cravecafe.co.nz/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Crave Cafe}}</ref> On her return to New Zealand she established the dance studies programme at the [[University of Auckland]] and taught the [[Graham technique]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Susan Jordan|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/profile/susan-jordan|access-date=2021-09-08|website=The Big Idea|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flightdec|title=Looking Back, Moving Forward|url=https://danz.org.nz/looking%20back%2c%20moving%20forward|access-date=2021-09-08|website=DANZ|language=en-NZ}}</ref> In 1976, she founded a modern dance company in Auckland called Movement Theatre.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Taonga|first=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu|title=Modern dance flourishes, 1970s and 1980s|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/contemporary-dance/page-3|access-date=2021-09-08|website=teara.govt.nz|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Flightdec|title=In Conversation With Chris Jannides|url=https://danz.org.nz/in%20conversation%20with%20chris%20jannides|access-date=2021-09-08|website=DANZ|language=en-NZ}}</ref>