Word: mayman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mayman, who said she proposed the idea of bringing Ward to Harvard, said she is convinced that the project will bring a fresh, interesting perspective to the Yard. "The Yard is a perfect spot for such a project because it belongs to everyone," she said...
...know what's in store, but I'm convinced that it will be something I've never seen before," said Director of the Harvard Office of the Arts Myra A. Mayman...
Harvard traditionally has held the view that "the arts were a sort of playground for the devil," according to Myra Mayman, director of the Office for the Arts. But with the coming of the American Repertory Theater (ART) in 1984, a debate ensued about whether to grant credit for performance. As a result, the "Bakanowsky Guidelines," named for Louis Bakanowsky, a professor of Visual and Environmental Studies, were established...
...Harvard Faculty member or administrator is willing to admit responsibility for the lack of dance in Harvard's curriculum. According to Jeffrey Wolcowitz, assistant dean of the FAS, "There are many things that we don't do and this happens to be one of them." According to Mayman, there is "minimal interest from within the Faculty and no one has tried to make it happen from without the Faculty." Mayman adds that it is politically not viable for someone outside the Faculty to make demands for a dance department...
Unfortunately, it appears that the academic value of dance will not be recognized by the administration. Neither Harvard's position nor the Faculty's composition has changed much since Mayman accepted her position as director of the Office for the Arts. When Mayman first came to Harvard, she believed, "I would probably be dead before I saw dance for credit." Eighteen years later, her opinion has not changed...