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Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) [1] was an American modern dancer and choreographer, whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. [ 2 ] Graham danced and taught for over seventy years.
Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work.Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.
Martha Graham founded a school, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, which she sold in 1956. After Graham's death, Ron Protas, her sole heir, sued the school for the rights to use Graham's trademarked name and choreography. A federal court awarded the school the rights to the names "Martha Graham" and "Graham technique" in 2001, and ...
Frontier became Graham's most popular solo and a trademark, of sorts. In 1937, Graham was invited by Eleanor Roosevelt to perform at the White House, the first dancer to receive this honor. Frontier was among the four solos she presented. [6] Graham performed the work with great frequency until the early 1940s, and then less so. [23]
The Martha Graham Dance Company is launching its three-year-long centennial celebration. The festivities include Graham classics and a re-envisioned "Rodeo" by Agnes de Mille. The legendary Martha ...
The original program notes describe the action as "that errand-journey into the maze of the heart to face and do battle with the Creature of Fear". [6] Barely fifteen minutes in length, [7] Errand into the Maze is designed almost as a solo work, with the bull-horned, staff (bone)-carrying Creature of Fear serving more as a prop than an active participant.
American Lyric was a modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham to music of Alex North with costumes by Edythe Gilfond. The piece premiered on December 26, 1937, at the Guild Theatre in New York City.
Therapy is watching Martha Freud play with clay. Dressed in black coveralls, her long dark hair pushed back, she flattens a hunk of clay with a rolling pin, carves it into a flat square and then ...