Bennington College

Charles Weidman clowns around with a group of students under a striped tent at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Maxine Munt is visible in the middle foreground. Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College was the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancers, educators, and choreographers Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey speak to a young boy on the lawn at Bennington College, in Bennington, Vermont. Weidman and Humphrey taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Charles Weidman (left) and Maxine Munt (right), a student of Weidman, stand outside at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Weidman taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancer, choreographer, and dance educator Charles Weidman stands outside at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College was the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Charles Weidman stands on lawn outside of Bennington College, in Bennington, Vermont. Weidman taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Doris Humphrey stands outside on lawn at Bennington College, in Bennington Vermont. Humphrey taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Hanya Holm stands 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.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Hanya Holm and an unidentified man stand together on a lawn, while holding animals, 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.

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.

Modern dancer, educator, and choreographer Martha Graham sits outside at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Graham taught modern dance at Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College, the first center for the study of modern dance in the United States of America, for six-week summer sessions from 1934 until 1948.