Interview with Martha Hill

"Martha Hill discusses the history of the Bennington College Summer School of Dance; its physical appearance; the artists involved; its influence on American modern dance."@en
"Cassette 1 (55 min.). Recorded March 30, 1983. Ms. Hill discusses the Bennington College summer festivals; her husband and how she met him; John Martin; teaching dance criticism at Bennington; Graham's American document; first meeting Graham; dance training; her family in Ohio; Graham and Louis Horst; Horst doing concerts for other companies; Graham's Primitive mysteries; Lewis Isaacs; Merce Cunningham; choreographing for Horst's classes; Hanya Holm; relationship of the early companies of Humphrey-Weidman, Holm, and Limón to Graham."@en
"Cassette 2 (45 min.). Recorded January 18, 1984. Side 1. Ms. Hill discusses the follies [Greenwich Village]; attending a Graham concert in 1926; leaving ballet classes to study with Graham; various schools; Graham's early living spaces; Graham's fastidiousness; Graham's day; Graham as prolific reader and researcher; company parties; the "church social" atmosphere of sewing costumes; Primitive mysteries' concert and costumes -- Side 2. Graham's colitis; Graham's mother and her sister, Jeordie [Georgia Graham]; attire for class; taking a shower before class; relationship with Horst; marriage to Erick Hawkins; Hawkins' poor eyesight; Graham's classes."@en