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A solid 75: Bennington College celebrates its diamond year.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: A solid 75: Bennington College celebrates its diamond year.(dance matters)

Article Excerpt
Back in the day, Bennington College was instrumental in spreading modern dance throughout the country. In 1933 Robert Leigh, the founding president, went straight to Martha Graham to ask for a dance program. She referred him to Martha Hill, and history was made.

Hill embarked on an ambitious summer intensive, the Bennington School of the Dance (precursor to American Dance Festival), which commissioned new works from Graham, Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, and Charles Weidman. It attracted passionate students who then went back to...



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