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Martha Graham

Dance and Theatre Performers

Martha Graham was an American dancer and choreographer whose angular, contraction and release technique broke sharply from balletic tradition and became one of the founding vocabularies of American modern dance. Over a performing and choreographic career spanning more than sixty years, she built a company and a training system that shaped generations of dancers and choreographers who followed her.

Facts
Birth Year
1894 1
Death Year
1991 1
Nationality
American 1
Classification
Gender
Female 1
Connections

In Movement

Modernism, Movements
Source Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise HistoryJack Anderson

Practices

Dance, Art Forms
Source Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise HistoryJack Anderson

Works Created

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Sources
1. Ballet and Modern Dance: A Concise History
Jack Anderson, Princeton Book Company
  • chapter on the founders of American modern dance, section on Graham
  • Gender reference
    Over a performing and choreographic career spanning more than sixty years, she built a company and a training system that shaped generations of dancers and choreographers who followed her.
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