| Code | DS/UK/P3150 |
| Person Name | Pfister; Phrosso |
| Surname | Pfister |
| Forenames | Phrosso |
| Activity | Trained at the London College of Dance. Teacher at London College of Dance (1949-1972); Principal of London College of Dance (1972-1985); freelance teacher (1985-).
During the early years of the Second World War Pfister took examinations in Ballet, Modern, Natural Movement and Ballroom. It was at this time that she first met Madge Atkinson and Anita Heyworth.
After the war, Phrosso Pfister became a student of the recently founded London College of Educational Dance. In 1949, she accepted a position on the team of staff, and spent the next 36 years in the service of London College initially teaching a wide variety of dance forms and lecturing on the History of Dance.
In 1972, Miss Pfister followed a special one-year course for the Certificate in Education, and was appointed Principal of London College in the following year upon the retirement of Anita Heyworth.
On her retirement as Principal of London College in 1985, Phrosso Pfister became a freelance teacher and lecturer. She taught Natural Movement in the UK, and also had commitments abroad in Italy and Portugal.
Phrosso Pfister regularly lectured on the History of Dance for teachers and student courses, and also on Teaching Methodology for young teachers as part of the ISTD Associate Diploma examination. In 1981, Phrosso Pfister was the recipient of the Imperial Award.
Her long-term service on the Council of the ISTD began in 1950, and, with a short break in the 1970's, ended in 1998. |
| Gender | Female |
| Dates and Places | born in London, UK |
| Published Works | Base paper: 'Dance In Education' by The Gulbenkian Action Conference on Dance Education, 1974. Paper: 'The Future of the Cecchetti Method in Schools and Training' for the Cecchetti Society's International and Commonwealth Conference, 1976. Paper: 'Pre-Blasis Dancing - a Neglected Heritage?' for the HISPA International Conference, the Heritage of Sport, Games and Dance. |
| Source | website www.istd.org/about/autobiographys/ppfister.html |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NM/T/2/3/3/3 | "Monday's Child" | 26th January 1958 |
| NM/E/2/9/2/7 | Crewe Training College examinations 1957 | 1957 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/5 | Diploma Day photographs 1976-1981 | 1976-1981 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/3 | Diploma Day photographs 1969-1975 | 1969-1975 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/2 | Diploma Day photographs 1963-1968 | 1963-1968 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/4 | Diploma Day photographs 1973 | 1973 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/9 | Diploma Day photographs various years | 1960-1984 |
| NM/F/5/2/8 | Anita Heyworth's own photos of London College of Educational Dance | c1949-1950s |
| NM/E/2/9/2/9 | Crewe Training College examinations 1959 | 1959 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/6 | Diploma Day photographs July 1982 | 1982 |
| NM/H/4/8/5 | The School of Classical Ballet and Western Dances Open Day at the Homi Bhabha Auditorium, Bombay | 7 October 1975 |
| NM/T/2/4/3/9 | "The Voices of Domrémy" | c1945 |
| NM/F/5/2/7 | Phrosso Pfister Imperial Award | 20 May 1981 |
| NM/F/5/2/6 | Photographs by Jack Blake. | April 1976 |
| NM/F/5/7 | Sheila Stothard photographs | Undated |
| NM/E/2/10/2 | Dance notes for 1983 conference | 1983 |
| NM/F/5/2/10 | London College/ISTD various | Undated |
| XZJ/201 | Study of Dance Conference 1983 \ Natural Movement Lecture Demonstration and Performance | 1984 |
| XZJ/20 | Natural Movement Workshop | 1 June 1986 |
| NM/M/8 | London College News Cuttings 1965-1983 | 1965-1983 |
| XZJ/127 | Study of Dance Conference 1983 \ Natural Movement Lecture Demonstration and Performance | 1984 |
| NM/E/2/9/2/8 | Crewe Training College examinations 1958 | 1958 |
| NM/F/5/2/1/7 | Diploma Day photographs July 1983 | 1983 |
| NM/E/2/10/1 | National Resource Centre for Dance and Conference papers | 1982-1991 |
| NM/E/2/2/2/3 | Photographs | c1970s-1980s |
| NM/E/2/7/3/7 | Notes upon Dancing Historical and Practical by C. Blasis | Undated |
| NM/R/2 | Natural Movement lecture-demonstration at the Study of Dance Conference | 1987 |
| NM/E/2/10/3 | File of dance notation | 1930s |