Erick Hawkins

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Frederick Hawkins known as Erick Hawkins (April 23, 1909 - November 23, 1994) was a leading American modern-dance choreographer and dancer. Erick Hawkins was born in Trinidad, Colorado on April 23 1909. He majored in Greek civilization at Harvard University, graduating in 1930. But a performance by the German dancers Harald Kreutzberg and Yvonne Georgi so impressed him that he went to Austria to study dance with the former. Later, he studied at the School of American Ballet. Soon he was dancing with George Balanchine's American Ballet. In 1937, he choreographed his first dance, Show Piece, which was performed by Ballet Caravan.