This project, sponsored by Bennington College under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, includes interviews with choreographers, dancers, composers, musicians, administrators, teachers and students who participated in the Summer School of the Dance, 1934-1939, and the Summer School of the Arts, 1940-1942, at Bennington College in Vermont.

The artistic and intellectual atmosphere of the schools and their influence on the subsequent development of modern dance are discussed. Observations of key figures including Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey, Louis Horst and Charles Weidman are recorded. Classes and performances are described as are the day-to-day experience of participants.