Posted on 05/11/2023 12:43:04 PM PDT by Ozguy1945
Martha Graham was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania on May 11, 1894, into a strict Presbyterian family.
Her artistic goal as: "to make dance an art form that was more grounded in the rawness of the human experience as opposed to just a mere form of entertainment."
She said:
"People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life."
"I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be."
"The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor."
The influence of Graham on dance has been compared to the influence of Picasso on painting, Stravinski on music and Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture.
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Isadora Duncan and then Denis/Shawn started MODERN DANCE!
Martha Graham was a student of the Denis/Shawn method!
You keep posting these ridiculous threads about people you know NOTHING about, and don't do enough research on. That's just pathetic!
You need to send that to Diana in Wisconsin. She is a big believer in that everything is better with a little Bacon. :)
She was a student of Graham’s and revolutionized Broadway musical dance.
I prefer tap dancing and I still take tap classes.
Maybe, but Martha Graham dance is considered unique and groundbreaking nonetheless.
And no, as I stated, she is hardly "the mother of modern dance"! That is a total misnomer; in spades. And just because it's said on some internet thing, doesn't make it factual.
HARDLY!
Before him was Jerome Robbins, and before Robins, was Ted Shawn, who, was "the father of modern dance", if there is such a thing!
And now you know more than you did before, of dance history.
Isadora Duncan was without doubt a pioneer in modern dance, but she left no direct heir in dance (despite the "Isadorable"'s efforts). She was emulated but her technique was never systematized. She believed she was reviving ancient Greek dance . . . but it was more her idea of what that dance may have been than an accurate portrayal. (Full disclosure: I was one of the choreographers and dancers involved in the production of Euripides' "The Bacchae" at Princeton in 1976. A joint project of the Art/Archaeology, Classics, and Dance departments, it was performed in the original Greek, with Greek music and dance, so far as we could reconstruct it.)
Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn definitely founded a school (even though St. Denis was smitten with "Orientalism") and provided a sound foundation of modern dance technique. But Graham definitely took it a step further - stripping off the exoticism and focusing entirely on the movement itself. That was a significant step away from the Denishawn School. (More disclosure: my mother studied with Graham and with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman as well. She was the founder and director of the Atlanta Contemporary Dance Company and the Dancers' Collective of Atlanta.)
You gain no style points by being mean and abusive to people who post interesting articles. I await your curriculum vitae.
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I learned how to dance when I was stationed in Drambuie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WXVaChA3Q0
Martha learnt from them then took it to another level.
Betty Ford liked her work.
Thank You
nopardons is at times a knowledgeable gentleman
But if you really know what you're talking about, there's no need to be nasty.
You need to send that to Diana in Wisconsin.She is a big believer in that everything is better with a little Bacon. :)
You do seem to be on a mission.
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