c1930s footage of Ethel Butler and Bonnie Bird demonstrating Graham Technique on the lawn at Bennington College. See the full video at patreon.com/marthagrahamdance 🌳👯
Martha Graham described her regular summer sojourn of teaching and performing at Bennington College, “a wonderful place where we were given the freedom and possibility to make our dance.” In 1935, Alexander Calder came to Bennington by car “wearing nothing but his undershorts,” recalled Graham. They collaborated on “Panorama,” which premiered at the college.