German-American dancer, choreographer and dance educator (1893-1992)
Hanya Holm
Born
Johanna Eckert
(1893-03-03)3 March 1893
Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, German Empire
Died
3 November 1992(1992-11-03) (aged 99)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Education
Dalcroze Institute of Applied Rhythm, Wigman School
Occupation(s)
Dancer, choreographer, educator
Known for
Modern 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]
HanyaHolm (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...
dramatizing the economic, social, ethnic and political crises of their time. HanyaHolm - A student of Mary Wigman and an instructor at the Wigman School in Dresden...
after 2,717 performances, a record at the time. Moss Hart directed and HanyaHolm was choreographer. In addition to stars Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews and...
student was Harald Kreutzberg. Famous students included Gret Palucca, HanyaHolm, Yvonne Georgi, Margherita Wallmann, Lotte Goslar, Birgit Åkesson, Sonia...
and HanyaHolm. Born and raised in Kentucky, Anthony studied theater at Grinnell College in Iowa before pursuing studies in dance at the HanyaHolm School...
Palucca, Harald Kreutzberg, Jeanna Falk, Dore Hoyer and Yvonne Georgi. HanyaHolm brought her theories to the United States, while Birgit Åkesson went her...
School in Darien, Connecticut, focusing on modern and folk dancing under HanyaHolm protégée, Laura Morgan. She first attended the renowned Jacob's Pillow...
ISBN 9780760345993. Gitelman, Claudia, ed. (2003). Liebe Hanya: Mary Wigman's letters to HanyaHolm. Madison, Wisc.: University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299190743...
trained for dance under HanyaHolm, one of the "Big Four" founders of American modern dance. She later became part of the HanyaHolm Dance Company. Kagan...
effectively measure and record this information at the time. In 1948, HanyaHolm became the first Broadway choreographer to have her dance scores copyrighted...
opera's premiere took place at the Central City Opera in Colorado in 1956. HanyaHolm and Edwin Levy directed the production, and sopranos Dolores Wilson and...
Notably, the program hosted Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, HanyaHolm, and Jóse Limón. The rigorous program became "an important hub for modern...
where she studied and worked with renowned dancers and choreographers HanyaHolm and Martha Graham. Dow earned a B.A. and M.A. in theatre from Cornell...
Wisconsin in 1946, at age 36. Kloepper was a dancer and teacher with the HanyaHolm School and Dance Company in New York, from 1932 to 1942. She also taught...
summer program was founded by Martha Hill. Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, HanyaHolm, and Charles Weidman all taught at this laboratory. The program gained...
of 1,077 performances. Directed by John C. Wilson with choreography by HanyaHolm, it starred Patricia Morison and Alfred Drake. The production moved to...
then the Wigman School in Dresden in 1921. Along with Gret Palucca and HanyaHolm, she was one of the best-known students of Mary Wigman and Robert Gergi...
Higgins – songwriter Paul Hindemith – composer, violinist and teacher HanyaHolm – choreographer Horst P. Horst – photographer Terry Kath – first guitarist...
went to Colorado College to continue studying dance and composition with HanyaHolm. This is where she meet Merce Cunningham and began to focus exclusively...
Bennington College from the great figures of the modern dance world: HanyaHolm, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Louis Horst, and others...
and performance in central Virginia." One of her earliest teachers was HanyaHolm. Wessells performed in the Latin Ballet of Virginia's 2016 production...
offered her a scholarship in New York City. Gentry performed with HanyaHolm in the HanyaHolm Dance Company in New York City from 1936 to 1942, and later founded...
musicals. Another major choreographer of Broadway musicals was German-born HanyaHolm (1893–1992), a student of Mary Wigman. Loie Fuller (1896) Isadora Duncan...