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Martha Hill: Supporting the Creative Work of José Limón

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Elizabeth McPherson
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Abstract

Founding director of the dance programs at New York University, Bennington College, and Juilliard, as well as the summer dance festivals the Bennington School of the Dance and Connecticut College School of the Dance/American Dance Festival, Martha Hill was a visionary for dance and dance education. One of the teachers and choreographers to whom Hill gave her loyal support was José Limón, providing him with means and opportunities to voice his unique vision.

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Research Article
Information
Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 39 , supplement S1: Choreographies Of Migration: Patterns Of Global Mobility , 2007 , pp. 157 - 160
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2007

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