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- United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)
How To Use Martha Graham In A Sentence
- When Ms. Aston and her compatriots appeared in traditional Martha Graham attire, Bracie and Ashleigh went wild; they fist-pumped eagerly at their mother's cartwheel. Arts Patrons Kick In a Dance Performance
- Ever since, Mr. Move has had to label all Martha@ paraphernalia with a disclaimer: "This is in no way connected to or sponsored by the Martha Graham Entities. More of the Right Stuff
- What's provocative about Copeland's book is how he doesn't stick to just what's on the stage, as so many dance-critic purists do, but draws associations and contrasts with other art dynamics, such as demonstrating how Cunningham's light, flexible, transistorized movements answered the heavy clomp and primitivism of Jackson Pollock's action painting and the archetypal contortions of Martha Graham. Mind Expansion thru Sight and Sound: James Wolcott
- Shortly before Mr. Move's first performance of Martha@, he received a cease-and-desist order from Ron Protas, Martha Graham's estate holder-himself no stranger to controversy when it comes to Graham. More of the Right Stuff
- Martha Graham, in turn, created an elemental movement vocabulary that embodied the extreme passions: desire, fear, jealousy, rage.
- Two years earlier I had had my first glimpse of another great dance diva in her sunset years - the 60-year-old Martha Graham.
- After understudying Ethel Merman on Broadway and being part of Martha Graham's dance company, Betty got famous for doing comical specialty songs, starting with "South America, Take It Away" from her huge Broadway hit, "Call Me Mister" that opened 65 years ago. Danny Miller: Remembering Betty Garrett
