• Hanya Holm (born Johanna Eckert; 3 March 1893 – 3 November 1992) is known as one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance. She was a dancer...
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    dramatizing the economic, social, ethnic and political crises of their time. Hanya Holm - A student of Mary Wigman and an instructor at the Wigman School in Dresden...
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  • of 1,077 performances. Directed by John C. Wilson with choreography by Hanya Holm, the original cast included Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk...
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  • after 2,717 performances, a record at the time. Moss Hart directed and Hanya Holm was choreographer. In addition to stars Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and...
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    from 1934 until the mid-1980s. Famous students included Gret Palucca, Hanya Holm, Yvonne Georgi, Margherita Wallmann, Lotte Goslar, Birgit Åkesson, Sonia...
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  • and Hanya Holm. Born and raised in Kentucky, Anthony studied theater at Grinnell College in Iowa before pursuing studies in dance at the Hanya Holm School...
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    Palucca, Harald Kreutzberg, Jeanna Falk, Dore Hoyer and Yvonne Georgi. Hanya Holm brought her theories to the United States, while Birgit Åkesson went her...
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  • (Expressionist dance) Ursula Cain Heike Hennig (see Dancing with Time) Hanya Holm Valerie Bettis Alwin Nikolais—decentralization Murray Louis Beverly Schmidt...
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    effectively measure and record this information at the time. In 1948, Hanya Holm became the first Broadway choreographer to have her dance scores copyrighted...
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    crimes Hans Hinkel (1901–1960), journalist and Nazi cultural functionary Hanya Holm (1893–1992), choreographer, dancer, educator and one of the founders of...
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  • where she studied and worked with renowned dancers and choreographers Hanya Holm and Martha Graham. Dow earned a B.A. and M.A. in theatre from Cornell...
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  • opera's premiere took place at the Central City Opera in Colorado in 1956. Hanya Holm and Edwin Levy directed the production, and sopranos Dolores Wilson and...
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    summer program was founded by Martha Hill. Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, and Charles Weidman all taught at this laboratory. The program gained...
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  • Wisconsin in 1946, at age 36. Kloepper was a dancer and teacher with the Hanya Holm School and Dance Company in New York, from 1932 to 1942. She also taught...
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    Notably, the program hosted Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, and Jóse Limón. The rigorous program became "an important hub for modern...
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    the Brooklyn Academy of Music in April 1939, in a program shared with Hanya Holm. A contemporaneous piece, How Long Brethren? (1937), was danced to protest...
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    included established dancers and choreographers such as Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey, many of whom had received their training...
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    of 1,077 performances. Directed by John C. Wilson with choreography by Hanya Holm, it starred Patricia Morison and Alfred Drake. The production moved to...
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    ISBN 9780760345993. Gitelman, Claudia, ed. (2003). Liebe Hanya: Mary Wigman's letters to Hanya Holm. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299190743...
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    School in Darien, Connecticut, focusing on modern and folk dancing under Hanya Holm protégée, Laura Morgan. She first attended the renowned Jacob's Pillow...
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    trained for dance under Hanya Holm, one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance. She later became part of the Hanya Holm Dance Company. Kagan...
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    study dance technique sporadically, learning with the New Dance Group's Hanya Holm, Anna Sokolow, Charles Weidman, and Karel Shook. Drawn to dance, but unable...
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  • Higgins – songwriter Paul Hindemith – composer, violinist and teacher Hanya Holm – choreographer Horst P. Horst – photographer Terry Kath – first guitarist...
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  • went to Colorado College to continue studying dance and composition with Hanya Holm. This is where she meet Merce Cunningham and began to focus exclusively...
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  • performances and 2 previews. Directed by Moss Hart, the choreography was by Hanya Holm, scenic design by Oliver Smith, costume design by Adrian (who worked on...
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  • performance in central Virginia." One of Wessells's earliest teachers was Hanya Holm. She performed in the Latin Ballet of Virginia's 2016 production of The...
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    (1901–1975) 1988 Inductees Busby Berkeley (1895–1976) Lucia Chase (1897–1986) Hanya Holm (1898–1992) John Martin (1893–1992) Antony Tudor (1908–1987) 1989–1999...
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  • offered her a scholarship in New York City. Gentry performed with Hanya Holm in the Hanya Holm Dance Company in New York City from 1936 to 1942, and later founded...
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    musicals. Another major choreographer of Broadway musicals was German-born Hanya Holm (1893–1992), a student of Mary Wigman. Loie Fuller (1896) Isadora Duncan...
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  • William Hickey – actor Martha Hill – dancer, director of Dance Division Hanya Holm – choreographer John Houseman – actor, producer Huang Ruo – composer Monica...
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