"1900 - 1999" . . "Martha Hill Documentary Production, LLC." . . "Martha Hill Documentary Production, LLC," . "Martha Hill Documentary Production," . . "Dance Study and teaching (Higher) United States History 20th century." . . "Dance teachers." . . . "Miss Hill making dance matter" . . "Miss Hill : Making Dance Matter"@en . . . "Martha Hill was a visionary who fought against great odds to make contemporary and modern dance a legitimate art form in America. In a career spanning most of the twentieth century, she became a behind-the-scenes leader in the dance world, and the founding director of Juilliard's Dance Division. Here is a celebration of dance and an examination of the passion to keep it alive."@en . . "Biography"@en . . "Nonfiction films" . "Nonfiction films"@en . . "Biographical films" . "Biographical films"@en . "Documentary films" . "Documentary films"@en . . . "Miss Hill : making dance matter"@en . . "Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of Martha Hill, a woman whose life was defined by her love for dance, and who successfully fought against great odds to establish dance as a legitimate art form in America. Through archival footage, lively interviews with friends and intimates, and rare footage of the spirited subject, the film explores Hills's arduous path from a Bible Belt childhood in Ohio to the halls of academia at NYU and Bennington College, to a position of power and influence as Juilliard's founding director of dance (1952-1985). Peppered with anecdotal material delivered by dance notables who knew her, this revelatory story depicts her struggles and successes, the film is a celebration of dance and an examination of the passion required to keep it alive. \"Illuminating... Defiance [and] tenacity, animated Hill's life, and it drives 'Miss Hill' forward, too. Archival footage...distills the essence of a time when American concert dance, like never before, sought to comment on society rather than escape from it; a time when, as the choreographer Bessie Schonberg said, \"everything was new.\" And that's only the first half. We also get a thorough history of the Juilliard dance department, its initially groundbreaking curriculum of warring genres (ballet and modern dance) and its near-demise at the hands of George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, an episode in which matters of money, power, real estate, politics and national identity collide.\" - The New York Times."@en . "Making dance matter" . "Making dance matter"@en . . . . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . . "\"Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of a woman whose life was defined by her love for dance. Martha Hill emerges as dance's secret weapon, someone who fought against great odds to establish dance as a legitimate art form in America. Through archival footage, lively interviews with friends and intimates, and rare footage of the spirited subject, the film explores Hills's arduous path from a Bible Belt childhood in Ohio to the halls of academe at NYU and Bennington College to a position of power and influence as Juilliard's founding director of dance (1952-1985).\"--Container." . . . . . "\"'Miss Hill: making dance matter' tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of a woman whose life was defined by her love for dance. Martha Hill emerges as dance's secret weapon, someone who fought against great odds to establish dance as a legitimate art form in America. Through archival footage, lively interviews with friends and intimates, and rare footage of the spirited subject, the film explores Hills's arduous path from a Bible Belt childhood in Ohio to the halls of academe at NYU and Bennington College to a position of power and influence as Juilliard's founding director of dance (1952-1985).\"-- NJVID webiste (viewed 4/6/2015)."@en . . . . . . "Modern dance United States History." . . "First-Run Features (Firm)" . . "First-Run Features (Firm)," . "Dance Study and teaching (Higher)" . . "Dance." . . "Modern dance." . . "United States." . . "Dance in education." . . "Dance teachers United States Biography." . . "Martha Hill Dance Fund," . . . . "Dance in education United States." . .