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Martha Graham

I was looking through some stroboscopic photos on Time magazine’s website, and came across this neat photo of the dancer/choreographer Martha Graham, who helped to establish Bennington’s dance program, performing her own work at the photographer Gjon Mili’s studio in 1941.

~ Holly, ‘13

artofthehive: Martha Graham and students at Bennington College http://www.americandancefestival.org [reblogged by Ellie]

artofthehive:

Martha Graham and students at Bennington College

http://www.americandancefestival.org

[reblogged by Ellie]

New Podcast from the Bennington Radio Project

New podcast from the Bennington Radio Project featuring sluts, Santa Claus, poetry, and Martha Graham.

love,

jason and ellie

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I have finally, finally, finally just finished work on an audio piece that I started during my last Field Work Term position at This I Believe Inc. I found the audio of Martha Graham (roughly, the founder of modern dance who taught at Bennington) reading her essay for the original This I Believe series, hosted by Edward R. Murrow (roughly, the patron-saint of broadcast journalism). I recorded some current Bennington dance students reading her essay and worked their different voices together in this old-meets-new version of Martha Graham’s This I Believe essay.

- jason

Fun history facts with Riley and Victoria number 3!

‘The College opened in September of 1932. An article appeared shortly after in the New York Times about the progressive women’s school. The first sentence read: ” On a Vermont hillside this week gayly sweatered girls are thronging the campus of a brand new college which has the highest tuition, the least pretentious buildings and the most revolutionary curriculum of any in the United States.’” - Victoria

Also, just wanted to add this beautiful photos of Martha Graham and Bennington students. Because they are so COOL. 

-Riley

“There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep.” Martha Graham in her essay for This I Believe Last week I was poking around the website of This I Believe, the non-profit public radio organization that collects and shares essays about personal beliefs and guiding philosophies (and also my next FWT) when I found an essay written by Martha Graham. Her essay was written and recorded during the original This I Believe series that was started by Edward R. Murrow (my hero) in the 1950s. Though I don’t study dance at Bennington, I knew Martha Graham has an important role in the history of dance at Bennington so I was excited by the chance discovery. I’m now working on a project to record the voices of several Bennington dance students reading Martha Graham’s essay and to comment on what she means to them as dance students.

“There is fatigue so great that the body cries even in its sleep.”

Martha Graham in her essay for This I Believe

Last week I was poking around the website of This I Believe, the non-profit public radio organization that collects and shares essays about personal beliefs and guiding philosophies (and also my next FWT) when I found an essay written by Martha Graham. Her essay was written and recorded during the original This I Believe series that was started by Edward R. Murrow (my hero) in the 1950s. Though I don’t study dance at Bennington, I knew Martha Graham has an important role in the history of dance at Bennington so I was excited by the chance discovery. I’m now working on a project to record the voices of several Bennington dance students reading Martha Graham’s essay and to comment on what she means to them as dance students.