Alick-Maud Pledge

Alick-Maud Pledge (1893–1949) was an English folk dance and gymnastics teacher. She came to France in 1926, following the call of Jaques-Dalcroze but became soon independent. In the New Education movement, she created the French associations Education and Movement and Friends of the Popular Dance. She influenced Marcelle Albert, Marinette Aristow-Journoud and Jean-Michel Guilcher who carried on with teaching folk dances in France.

Articles

• « Mouvement, gymnastique et équilibre nerveux », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1932, 3 articles pp. 9, 18 et 39.
• « La danse populaire », in La Nouvelle Éducation, 1935.

Publications

• Jean-Philippe Saint-Martin. Les origines oubliées de la Gymnastique Volontaire entre les deux guerres mondiales. In SPORT ET GENRE (VOLUME 3) Apprentissage du genre et institutions éducatives. Lharmattan, 2006, 55-69.

External links

• Miss Pledge (1893-1949) by Yves Guilcher
• Education et mouvement