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TWO 1965 PHOTOS. ERICK HAWKINS DANCE COMPANY. LORDS of PERSIA. MARTHA GRAHAM.
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PLEASE NOTE the ECLECTIC COLLECTION of VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS of DANCERS on my site now. MANY ARE SIGNED.On Offer Here:
TWO RARE 1965 PHOTOGRAPHS of the ERICK HAWKINS' modern ballet: 'LORDS of PERSIA'. Performed by THE ERICK HAWKINS DANCE COMPANY.
Dancers seen in these two photographs are:
Robert Yohn. Bill Groves. Dick Jones and Erick Hawkins.
"In 1935 Erick Hawkins danced with
George Balanchine
's
American Ballet
. In 1937, he choreographed his first dance,
Show Piece
, which was performed by
Ballet Caravan
. The next year, Hawkins was the first man to dance with the company of the famous modern dancer and choreographer
Martha Graham
. In 1939, he officially joined her troupe, dancing male lead in a number of her works, including
Appalachian Spring
in 1944. They married in 1948. He left her troupe in 1951 to found his own, and they divorced in 1954."
Both 1965 photographs measures 8" x 10"
See Gallery.