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Carla DeSola: Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher

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Carla Desola: Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher. . 2010. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm16061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15008coll5/id/40.

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(2010). Carla DeSola: Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm16061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15008coll5/id/40.

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Carla Desola: Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher. 2010. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, http://cdm16061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15008coll5/id/40.

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  • Carla DeSola with shofar at the end of the dance "Swords Into Plowshares" for the 30th anniversary of the martyrdom of Archbishop Oscar Romero, held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. Carla DeSola (1937 - ) is a leader in sacred dance in the United States. She founded sacred dance companies in New York City and the Bay Area. In the Bay Area, she has taught at Pacific School of Religion (PSR), part of the offerings by the Center for Art, Religion and Education (CARE). In 2008, she was declared a “Living Legacy” during the Sacred Dance Guild Golden Anniversary Festival. DeSola grew up in New York City in a non-religious Jewish family. She attended City College of New York and received a diploma in 1960 from Juilliard School of Music, Department of Dance, where Jose Limon was her major teacher. She continued her study of dance under Valerie Bettis (1919-1982). In 1992, DeSola received her MA from Pacific School of Religion. For additional biographical information see; Oral history (in progress), with Sr. Martha Kirk, https://desola.omeka.net/; and her YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClG5oWfxeFGjRmxIPahDoxg.
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