Hanya Holm

Hanya Holm (born March 3, 1893, Worms am Rhein, Ger.—died Nov. 3, 1992, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was a German-born American choreographer of modern dance and Broadway musicals. After early study at the Dalcroze institutes in Frankfurt am Main and Hellerau, she joined Mary Wigman’s Central Institute in Dresden and for several years was chief instructor there. She also danced in and helped choreograph Wigman’s massive Das Totenmal (1930). In 1931 Wigman sent her to...