New London / Lake City / Bennington / Guangzhou / Salt Lake City / New York City / /
Company
Twyla Tharp / Merce Cunningham / Guangdong Modern Dance Company / Paul Taylor / Jazz Music / /
Continent
America / /
Country
Romania / Ecuador / Uruguay / Venezuela / Italy / Mongolia / Estonia / Mozambique / Latvia / South Africa / Chile / Poland / Cuba / Indonesia / Japan / Russia / United States / Brazil / Panama / Paraguay / Korea / China / Philippines / Lithuania / Ghana / Argentina / Finland / India / Costa Rica / Czech Republic / /
Currency
ADF / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Dance/American Dance Festival / The American Dance Festival / the Doris Duke Awards / the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award / the Emmy Award / /
Event
Employment Change / /
Facility
Connecticut College / Mills College / Duke University / Bennington College / Barrelhouse Blues / College School / /
Organization
Connecticut College / MacArthur Foundation / Guangdong Modern Dance Academy / Bennington College / Bennington School of Dance / Mills College / Duke University in Durham / John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts / Connecticut College School of Dance/American Dance Festival / /
Person
Martha Hill / Gerald E. Myers / Hanya Holm / Doris Duke Millennium / Jodee Nimerichter / Martha Clarke / Doris Humphrey / Alwin Nikolais / Donald McKayle / Meredith Monk / Katherine Dunham / José Limón / Helen Tamiris / Mary Josephine Shelly / Erick Hawkins / Mark Morris / Laura Dean / Alvin Ailey / Paul Taylor / Charles Weidman / Charles L. Reinhart / Twyla Tharp / Pearl Primus / Shen Wei / Stephanie Reinhart / Martha Graham / Taye Diggs / Bill T. Jones / /
Position
Director and Co-Director / pilot program / young artist / actor /choreographer / Co-Director / Balasaraswati/Joy Ann Dewey Beinecke Chair / first endowed faculty chair / choreographer / pilot / Director of the Festival / Associate Director and Co-Director / /
ProvinceOrState
Vermont / Connecticut / Utah / North Carolina / California / /
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