Word: dunne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...general, though, many Jews feel that the struggle for public support is too noisy, and that it fails to lead toward peace. Says Leo Dunn, president of Boston's Jewish Community Council: "It would be better to stop the public relations push in the United States at this point and go and sit down for some quiet negotiating...
...Cunningham's primary contribution remains the redefinition of dance itself. It is a vision that has inspired a host of younger choreographers, most nourished in Cunningham's own company: Paul Taylor, Judith Dunn, Deborah Hay, Jack Moore, Dan Wagoner, Yvonne Rainer. In a century when painting has turned inward to explore the grounds of perception, and the "meaning" of poetry has become the relation of word to word and mind to language, Cunningham has created dance centered on nothing more than the activity of movement--and in so doing, in McDonagh's words, he "clearly demonstrated that dance...
Parents make special accomodations for children too young to go to school. For Elaine Dunn, associate master of Quincy House, who worked as director of child development at Simmons College before the birth of her son Alexander, staying at home was a matter of choice. "I thought I'd keep working, and even applied for daycare. But as soon as he was born I decided to stay with him," she says. Although she may enroll him in a nursery school after his second birthday, Dunn has mixed feelings about doing so. "I'm fascinated by his growth. I want...
Students in other Houses also take an interest in the resident children and many children are accustomed to seeing students on a regular basis. Sixteen-month-old Alexander Dunn looks forward to greeting visitors to the Master's sherry hours; although he cannot yet remember or pronounce many names, the child recognizes faces and greets everyone with "Hi, boys! Hi, girls!" He refers to sherry hours as "potato chip time," because students like to feed him munchies on request...
...Being with adults can set up a false environment in which everyone gives in to them," Elaine Dunn says. "It's very hard on a child. Some of the adults may be hard on him, expecting things that the child may not be up to," she says, adding that so far none of this pressure has affected her son Alexander...