[2] She was a professor emerita at the University of Arkansas, where she taught from 1952 to 1971, before retiring to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to start a new course of study into classical Japanese and Korean dance.

In 1948, she was named Woman of the Year in Seattle, and in 1986 was listed as a "Santa Fe Living Treasure", also receiving the New Mexico Governor's Artist Award.

Humphrey and Weidman had been involved with the pioneering Denishawn School in New York City, and then split off to form their own Humphrey-Weidman dance company.

The solos were praised in The New York Times for their "eloquence and for Miss King's careful shaping of ideas and feelings".

Trustees include: In 2000, King's archived collection of work was recognized by President Clinton's White House Millennium Council, under the Save America's Treasures project.

[3] The Music Division at the Library of Congress holds the Cherie Jorgenson Collection on Jane Grossenbacher and Eleanor King [4]