Holm, Hanya

Hanya Holm sits on a chair outside with a cat on her lap

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Hanya Holm lectures a group of students outdoors in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Students include: Frances Wessels, Martha Wilcox, Batya Heller, Florita Raup, Louise Metz, Joan Palmer, Vera Sears, and Millie Kaeser.

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Hanya Holm lectures a group of students outdoors in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Students include: Frances Wessels, Martha Wilcox, Batya Heller, Florita Raup, Louise Metz, Joan Palmer, Vera Sears, and Millie Kaeser.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Hanya Holm stands on a lawn and instructs modern dance students outdoors at Bennington College, in Bennington Vermont. Holm taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Louise Kloepper (Left) and Hanya Holm (right) perform ''Want Ad'' from ''Metropolitan Daily,'' a work choreographed by Hanya Holm. ''Metropolitan Daily,'' Holm's satiric look at newspapers, was the first modern dance work to be performed on television.

Marshall Brooks, photographer and Hanya Holm, modern dancer and choreographer sit together in the Brooks' backyard in Denver, Colorado. Hanya Holm (left) holds a spool of thread and Hanya Holm, while Brooks (right) runs the thread through his hands and looks towards photographer.

Marshall Brooks (right) and Hanya Holm (left) sit together and toast in the Brooks' backyard in Denver, Colorado.

Marshall Brooks and Hanya Holm sit together in the Brooks' backyard in Denver, Colorado. Hanya Holm (left) looks at Brooks using a pepper shaker, while Brooks (right) uses tongs to look at Holm.

Members of the Hanya Holm Dance Company leap through the air at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Negative of Hanya Holm Dancers Outside at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.