The Bennington School of the Dance by Elizabeth McPherson

Author:Elizabeth McPherson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Faculty and Curriculum

Administrative Director, Mary Josephine Shelly

Dance

Director of Dance, Martha Hill

Director of Festival Production in Dance, Martha Graham

Visiting Lecturer, Lincoln Kirstein

Accompanists not listed below: Ruth Lloyd and Zoe Williams

Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey on leave this year.

Dance Technique

Taught by artists’ associates. Students picked one technique to study intensively.

Graham Technique

Taught by Ethel Butler

Accompanist—Ralph Gilbert

Holm Technique

Taught by Harriet Roeder

Accompanist—Freda Miller

Humphrey Technique

Taught by Katherine Manning

Weidman Technique

Taught by Claudia Moore (Read)

Survey of Dance Technique (each of the four techniques is studied for 2 weeks each)

Same teachers as above.

Master Course in Dance (Hanya Holm taught this advanced course for selected students)

General Techniques of Movement

Taught by Bessie Schönberg

Assistant—Hortense Lieberthal

Pre-Classic and Modern Forms

Taught by Louis Horst and Mildred Wile

Dance Composition

Taught by Martha Hill and Bessie Schönberg

Assistant—Hortense Lieberthal (Zera)

Ballet (for limited number of advanced students)

Taught by Erick Hawkins

Experimental Production (including the use of design and speech)

Directed by Martha Hill, Arch Lauterer, Norman Lloyd

Rhythmic Basis of Dance

Taught by Norman Lloyd

Accompaniment for the Dance

Louis Horst and Norman Lloyd

Music Composition for the Dance

Louis Horst and Norman Lloyd

Dance Notation

Taught by Helen Priest (Rogers)

Dance Workshop (weekly showings of work)

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