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12 January 2013

Mary Blair, the woman artist who inspired Disney’s “Nine Old Men”

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Mary Blair was a noted female artist in the male dominated cluster of animators at Disney Studios from the forties through the sixties. Her name went unmentioned in a panel discussion about “Peter Pan” last night. [...]

5 February 2011

Music and dance contribute to early Disney animation

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Mindy, a dance critic and Barnard College professor, describes how, under [Walt's brother] Roy Disney’s influence, “dancing and music were given very high priority in terms of quality and in terms of refinement of technology” at Disney studios. Aloff then dons her severe dance critic’s hat, and notes that “Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse were both very good dancers.” [...]