Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance

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Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance This page intentionally left blank MarthaHill and the Making of American Dance Janet Mansfield Soares Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2009 by Janet Mansfield Soares All rights reserved Printed in U.S.A. 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Soares, Janet Mansfield. Martha Hill and the making of American dance / Janet Mansfield Soares. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8195-6899-1 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Hill, Martha, 1900-1995. 2. Dance teachers—United States—Biography. 3. Dance—Study and teaching (Higher)—United States—History—20th century. 4. Modern dance—United States—History. I. Title. GV1785.H54S63 2009 792.8092—dc22 [B] 2009000994 Wesleyan University Press is a member of the GreenPress Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. For Archie, Our children, Sabrina and Tristan, and theirs, Daniella, Justina, Olivia, and Will This page intentionally left blank ...