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Hanya Holm
Born
Johanna Eckert

(1893-03-03)3 March 1893
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, German Empire
Died3 November 1992(1992-11-03) (aged 99)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationDalcroze Institute of Applied Rhythm,
Wigman School
Occupation(s)Dancer, choreographer, educator
Known forModern dance

Hanya Holm (born Johanna Eckert; 3 March 1893 – 3 November 1992) is known as one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance. She was a dancer, choreographer, and above all, a dance educator.[1]

  1. ^ Craine & Mackrell 2000, p. 235.

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effectively measure and record this information at the time. In 1948, Hanya Holm became the first Broadway choreographer to have her dance scores copyrighted...

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opera's premiere took place at the Central City Opera in Colorado in 1956. Hanya Holm and Edwin Levy directed the production, and sopranos Dolores Wilson and...

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Bennington College

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summer program was founded by Martha Hill. Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, and Charles Weidman all taught at this laboratory. The program gained...

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Yvonne Georgi

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then the Wigman School in Dresden in 1921. Along with Gret Palucca and Hanya Holm, she was one of the best-known students of Mary Wigman and Robert Gergi...

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National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame

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(1901–1975) 1988 Inductees Busby Berkeley (1895–1976) Lucia Chase (1897–1986) Hanya Holm (1898–1992) John Martin (1893–1992) Antony Tudor (1908–1987) 1989–1999...

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musicals. Another major choreographer of Broadway musicals was German-born Hanya Holm (1893–1992), a student of Mary Wigman. Loie Fuller (1896) Isadora Duncan...

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