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Holm, Hanya

 Person

Biography

Modern dancer, choreographer and dance educator

Found in 4 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

Hanya Holm Speaks to Students, between 1943-1944

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0107.00005
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1943-1944

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