Reminiscences of Alwin Nikolais [electronic resource] : oral history, 1979.

Biographical Note

Choreographer.

Scope and Contents

Bennington, summer 1937: intense atmosphere, teachers, leftist politics, intergroup rivalries, Holm's TREND; Bennington, summer 1938: Graham's AMERICAN DOCUMENT, comparision of Graham and Holm techniques, analysis of German modern dance, van Labal principles; contrast between Bennington and Mills' summer schools; change in modern dance and dancers since 1930s; reminiscences of Louis Horst, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm and others.

Subjects

• Bennington College.
• Bowers, Theresa, interviewer.
• Choreographers--Interviews.
• Choreography.
• Interviews.
• Modern dance.
• Nikolais, Alwin--Interviews.
• Oral histories.