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<i> Compiled by Terry Atkinson</i>

*** 1/2 “Hanya: Portrait of a Dance Pioneer” P rinceton. $49.95. A major choreographer of both vintage modern-dance (“Trend,” 1937) and classic Broadway musicals (“My Fair Lady,” 1956), Hanya Holm is profiled in this 1984 documentary through interview segments, archival footage and reminiscences by distinguished colleagues. A model of comprehensive research and resourceful film-making, “Hanya” is weakened only by the limitations of its hourlong broadcast format. The subject surely deserves more time and home-video viewers would scarcely object to longer samples of Holm’s dances. Information: (609) 737-8177.

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