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Erick Hawkins Collection

Detail of a photograph taken from below of a man swinging a loop of rope.

[Detail] Erick Hawkins dancing in Martha Graham's ballet El flagellante. Barbara Brooks Morgan, photographer. 1940. About this image

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This collection includes materials in several formats documenting the career of Erick Hawkins, noted 20th-century American dancer and choreographer, often closely associated with Martha Graham. Hawkins worked with some of the most important figures in dance, including George Balanchine. His styles of dance included references to American folk idiom and to abstract expressionism, with frequent references to Eastern theatrical style. This large collection mirrors his many decades of dance creativity and his efforts on behalf of dance education and outreach. It includes both artistic and business administrative material.

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General

Span Dates: 1940-1993
Major Language(s): English
Repository: Music Division, Library of Congress

Physical Collection

Number of Items: 10,000
Number of Containers: 100
Contents: Holograph dance notebooks (3 boxes); audio tapes, video tapes, posters (10 boxes); music scores (3 boxes); printed music; photographs, negatives, color tranparencies, slides (2-3 file cabinets drawers); correspondence, miscellaneous business papers, writings (2 file cabinet drawers); photographs with negatives, publicity photographs, writings, essays, dances scores (4 file cabinet drawers); booking files, business papers (4 file cabinet drawers); financial and business papers (1 file cabinet drawer); business papers, taxes, press materials, playbills (5 file cabinet drawers); holograph musical scores, parts (4 file cabinet drawers); school, outreach-related (2 file cabinet drawers); programs (2 file cabinet drawers); school related (3 file cabinet drawers); books; costumes, sets (12’x12’x8’ times 2, for 2 rooms full); framed and matted photos (2 24”x36” boxes).
Processing History: Portions of the collection are accessible, but are stored off-site, so advance notice of requests is required.
Transfers: Audio and video materials are still to be transferred.
Provenance: Gift of Erick Hawkins Dance Foundation, Inc., 2001

Access/Copyright

Access Permissions: Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
On Microfilm?: No
Copyright Info: http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
Preferred Citation: Erick Hawkins Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress