Ruth Miller

Ruth Miller was a student from 1942 to the 1944 Summer Music Institute. Mary Emma Harris wrote a short bio of Ruth with the BMC Project interviews, sharing that she "studied dance with Elsa Kahl at Black Mountain College. In New York, she studied with Doris Humphrey and José Limón and, in 1949, she became a principal dancer with the Limón Company. From 1972 to 1978, she was director of the Company. In 1958, Currier formed her own dance company, while continuing to dance with Limón. Miller Currier also taught at Juilliard’s Dance Division."

Alternative Names: Ruth Currier

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Ruth in 1974 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Hearing about BMC – music interest – dance study with Elsa Kahl – José Limon Dance Company – post BMC dance activities – 1944 summercrisis – debate over integration of BMC – Eric Bentley – Frances de Graaff – marriage to Bob Currier – post BMC dance study – choreography – influence of BMC