Erick Hawkins - Wikipedia
WEBThe next year, Hawkins was the first man to dance with the company of the famous modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. In 1939, he officially joined her troupe, dancing male lead in a number of her works, including Appalachian Spring in 1944. They married in 1948.
Biographies - ERICK HAWKINS DANCE COMPANY
WEBErick Hawkins (1909–1994) was a leading American modern-dance choreographer and dancer. Born in Trinidad, Colorado, he majored in Greek civilization at Harvard University, graduating in 1930. A performance by the German dancers Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi so impressed him that he went to Austria to study dance with the former.
ERICK HAWKINS, THE MODERN MAN - The Washington Post
WEBNov 25, 1994 · Modern dance pioneer Erick Hawkins, who died in New York Wednesday at age 85, was as pristine an embodiment of the ideals of American individualism as the art form he ennobled.
Erick Hawkins' "Heyoka" - YouTube
WEBMay 31, 2018 · 3rd movement, 1981 Choreography by Erick Hawkins, music by Ross Lee Finney, set by Ralph Dorazio, performed by the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and the Hawkins Theater Orchestra.
"Erick Hawkins: The Dancer and The Dance" by George Franklin …
WEBJul 27, 2022 · Erick’s life, in his single-minded, unwavering pursuit of necessarily provisional answers to these questions—answers expressed in dance--was stripped of all that was inessential. He lived a life of almost monastic poverty. Dance is, among other things, the articulation of space by the human body.
Erick Hawkins | Department of Dance | University of Washington
WEBNov 23, 1994 · A deeply spiritual man, Hawkins has often been called the “poet” of modern dance. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts in classics from Harvard University in 1932, Hawkins began to study ballet and in 1934 made his …
Erick Hawkins, a Pioneering Choreographer of American Dance, …
WEBNov 24, 1994 · Erick Hawkins, a major figure in American modern dance who offered a radical new definition of the art form, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. He was 85 and lived in Manhattan.
E. Hawkins; U.S. Dance Innovator - Los Angeles Times
WEBNov 25, 1994 · Erick Hawkins--the grand old man of American dance, who burst into stardom with Martha Graham in the 1930s only to break away 20 years later to choreograph a style of his own that helped...
Erick Hawkins Video Archive - NYPL Digital Collections
WEBIn 1937, he choreographed his first dance, Show Piece, which was performed by Ballet Caravan. The next year, Hawkins was the first man to dance with the company of Martha Graham. The following year, he officially joined her troupe, dancing male lead in a number of her works, including Appalachian Spring in 1944.
Erick Hawkins Collection - Library of Congress
WEBThis collection includes materials in several formats documenting the career of Erick Hawkins, noted 20th-century American dancer and choreographer, often closely associated with Martha Graham. Hawkins worked with some of the most important figures in dance, including George Balanchine.
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