Dorothy Hershkowitz (1945-2007).Beloved teacher, choreographer, and dancer Dorothy Hershkowitz died of ovarian cancer ovarian cancer Malignant tumour of the ovaries. Risk factors include early age of first menstruation (before age 12), late onset of menopause (after age 52), absence of pregnancy, presence of specific genetic mutations, use of fertility drugs, and personal history of breast in Boston in April at 62. Born in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and educated at the University of New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , with graduate studies at NYU NYU New York University NYU New York Undercover (TV show) and Ohio University, she trained in the studios of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Maggie Black, among others. She appeared in New York and on tour with the Merry-go-Rounders and danced with Deborah Jowitt. Hershkowitz moved to Boston in the 1970s and became an important participant in the local dance boom. From the early 1970s, she performed and created works for Dance Collective and Harvard Summer Dance Center. She taught dance at Wellesley College from 1981-2004, and recently at Boston Ballet School. |
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