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Humphrey, Doris

 Person

Biography

Modern dancer and choreographer; member of the Denishawn Dance Company for a time; co-founder of the Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company in New York City; original faculty member of the Bennington School of Dance and Juilliard School

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey at Bennington College, 1938

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00007.00003
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1938

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

Doris Humphrey

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111.00001
Abstract

Doris Humphrey performs an unidentified dance in the grass.

Dates: Date Unknown

Doris Humphrey at Bennington College, 1938

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00007.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1938

Exhibition Piece

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111.00003
Abstract

Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon and Charles Weidman perform together in ''Exhibition Piece.''

Dates: Date Unknown

Humphrey, Doris, 1895-1958

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111
Abstract

Photographs of modern dancer Doris Humphrey performing in various dances.

Dates: Date Unknown

Quest

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111.00002
Abstract

Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman perform in ''Quest.''

Dates: Date Unknown

With My Red Fires

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0111.00004
Abstract

Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and the ensemble perform together in ''With My Red Fires.''

Dates: Date Unknown

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Subject
Dance recitals 4
Bennington (Vt.) 3
Choreographers 3
Dance teachers 3
Vermont 3