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Martha Graham and Eric Hawkins at Bennington College 1938 photo by Barbara Morgan
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Martha Graham and Eric Hawkins at Bennington College 1938 photo by Barbara Morgan
Follies Of God ·
“I was stripping the body, but I hadn’t yet reached the point of the leotards. I know that I use lavish costumes now, and I know that I undress the men very much - I’m perfectly aware of that - but their bodies are so beautiful that I see no reason not to, if one is reticent and understanding. It’s not curiosity we’re after, it’s the revelation of beauty.”—Martha Graham/1985/The New York Times
Photo 1: Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins at Bennington College, 1937. Photograph by Barbara Morgan.
Photo 2: Martha Graham Company Dancer Clive Thompson, 1966. Photograph by Jack Mitchell.
Photo 3: Erick Hawkins in Martha Graham’s 𝐸𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒, 1940. Photograph by Barbara Morgan.
Photograph of Graham with Erick Hawkins at Bennington College
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“To be a good citizen is a form of art. To be a good friend is a form of art. There is artistry in doing well whatever it is you are needed or forced or delighted to do. In my worst forms of penury, I was a glorious artist at whatever I needed to do to have a little food and a room and some shoes. I was grateful to live and to work and to grow.
“We have to be ruthless in our standards, and we have to adhere to what it is we want and demand, but we must be utterly open and democratic in understanding that everyone is working out some artistic plan, that everyone desires and deserves a means of expression, and all of us are on someone else’s list of lower orders.
“Wear yourself out. Aim high.”
—Martha Graham/Interview with James Grissom/1990
Barbara Morgan - Martha Graham & Eric Hawkins at Bennington College, 1938.
Martha Graham & Eric Hawkins by Barbara Morgan at Bennington College, 1938
Erick Hawkins in his original production of 8 Clear Places (squash), New York, 1960.
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/talk/library-and-archive-show-and-tell-anthea-hamilton
Three Centuries of Ballet, 1948
Martha Graham & Eric Hawkins by Barbara Morgan at Bennington College, 1938