Bennington School of the Dance

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Bennington School of the Dance was a pioneering American modern dance summer program in the 1930s that helped shape the development and teaching of modern dance in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution
modern dance summer program
activeDuring 1930s
artisticDirector Martha Hill NERFINISHED
contributedTo establishment of modern dance curricula in higher education
professionalization of modern dance in the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs pioneering American modern dance summer program
endTime early 1940s
field choreography
dance education
performance
followedBy American Dance Festival NERFINISHED
foundedBy Martha Hill NERFINISHED
genre modern dance
hasPart composition classes
public performances
repertory rehearsals
technique classes
heritage American modernism in dance
inception 1934
influenced development of American modern dance
teaching of modern dance in the United States
knownFor integration of choreography, technique, and performance
pioneering American modern dance education
residency model for modern dance training
languageOfInstruction English
legacy model for university-based dance festivals and intensives
locatedIn Bennington College NERFINISHED
Bennington, Vermont NERFINISHED
New England
Vermont
notableChoreographer Charles Weidman NERFINISHED
Doris Humphrey NERFINISHED
Hanya Holm NERFINISHED
Martha Graham NERFINISHED
notableTeacher Charles Weidman NERFINISHED
Doris Humphrey NERFINISHED
Hanya Holm NERFINISHED
Martha Graham NERFINISHED
operatedAs summer program
participantType college students
dance teachers
professional dancers
significantEvent premieres of modern dance works
sponsoredBy Bennington College NERFINISHED
timePeriod interwar period

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Doris Humphrey taughtAt Bennington School of the Dance
Charles Weidman taughtAt Bennington School of the Dance