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Holm, Hanya

 Person

Biography

Modern dancer, choreographer and dance educator

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Ballad of Baby Doe Cast and Crew Take a Bow, between 1956-1959

 Item
Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00006
Abstract ''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' cast, dramatists, musicians, and directors take a bow after a performance at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Douglas Moore (composer), Emerson Buckley (music director), Walter Cassel (baritone, portrayed Horace Tabor), Martha Lipton (mezzo-soprano, portrayed Augusta Tabor), Dolores Wilson (soprano, portrayed Elizabeth ''Baby Doe'' Tabor), John Latouche (librettist), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer),...
Dates: between 1956-1959

Ballad of Baby Doe Dramatists and Directors, between 1956-1959

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Identifier: M123.03.0069.0001.00001
Abstract

''The Ballad of Baby Doe'' dramatists and directors (left to right) Edward Levy (co-director), Hanya Holm (co-director and choreographer), Douglas Moore (composer), and John Latouche (librettist) pose for a publicity photograph at the Central City Opera House in Central City, Colorado. The Central City Opera House was the site of the 1956 world premiere of the opera ''The Ballad of Baby Doe.''

Dates: between 1956-1959

Dance Clippings: Maxine P. Munt, 1937-1946

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001
Abstract Scrapbook created by Maxine Munt, a dancer and dance educator who studied at the Bennington School of the Dance at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Teachers at Bennington included Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, and Martha Graham. Munt went on to teach modern dance at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Adelphi College (later Adelphi University) in Long Island, New York, Ashley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, and at Colorado College in...
Dates: 1937-1946

Group Poses Outside Colorado Ballet Center, 1979

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0009.00003
Abstract

Vera Sears, Freidann Parker, Hanya Holm and Lillian Covillo stand outside of the Colorado Ballet Center in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979

Hanya Holm, 1938

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00007.00007
Abstract

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

Dates: 1938

Hanya Holm, between 1931-1935

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0107.00001
Abstract

Hanya Holm, noted modern dance choreographer and educator, poses for a portrait.

Dates: between 1931-1935

Hanya Holm, 1968

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0009.00002
Abstract

Hanya Holm sits on a chair and bends over to adjust her shoe strap.

Dates: 1968

Hanya Holm, circa 1935

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0005.00001

Hanya Holm, 1959

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0007.00011

Hanya Holm, 1960

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0007.00020
Abstract

Hanya Holm, wearing a cap and gown after receiving her honorary doctorate from Colorado College, Colorado waves as she exits a building.

Dates: 1960

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