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Modern dance

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1014 Collections and/or Records:

Hanya Holm Company Performs Dance of Work and Play, between 1937-1938

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0073.00001
Abstract

Eve Gentry, Mimi Kagan, Harriet Roeder and Valerie Bettis (left to right), members of Hanya Holm's dance company, perform Holm's modern dance work ''Dance of Work and Play.''

Dates: between 1937-1938

Hanya Holm Dance Company Performs Dance of Work and Play, 1937

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0005.00004
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Carolyn Durand (later Carolyn Durand Brooks, second from left), Nancy Hauser (front, center), and Henrietta Greenhood (professionally known as Eve Brooks, front row, far right) perform ''Dance of Work and Play,'' choreographed by Hanya Holm, at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Durand, Hauser, and Brooks were all members of the Hanya Holm Dance Company. Other dancers unidentified.

Dates: 1937

Hanya Holm Dance Company Performs Dance of Work and Play, 1937

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0005.00005
Abstract

Carolyn Durand (later Carolyn Durand Brooks), Henrietta Greenhood (professionally known as Eve Brooks), and Nancy Hauser (left to right, front row) perform ''Dance of Work and Play,'' choreographed by Hanya Holm, at Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. Durand, Hauser, and Brooks were all members of the Hanya Holm Dance Company. Back row and center middle dancers unidentified.

Dates: 1937

Hanya Holm Performs Dance of Work and Play, circa 1938

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Identifier: D002.01.0002.0107.00002
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Dancer and choreographer Hanya Holm performs a modern dance work she choreographed, ''Dance of Work and Play.''

Dates: circa 1938

Hanya Holm Sits Outside With Cat, 1972

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Identifier: D025.04.0001.0009.00005
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Hanya Holm sits on a chair outside with a cat on her lap

Dates: 1972

Hanya Holm Speaks to Students at Colorado College, between 1943-1944

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Identifier: M272.01.0004.00002
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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

Hanya Holm Teaches at Bennington College, 1937

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Identifier: D026.01.0001.00001.00004.00005
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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.

Dates: 1937

He is Risen, between 1879-1985

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Identifier: D018.01.0006.00031
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Performers gather for a luncheon while filming ''He is Risen.''

Dates: between 1879-1985

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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Identifier: D018.01.0019.00017

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