MARTHA'S BACK AS LEGAL DISPUTE ENDS, GRAHAM'S COMPANY RESUMES ITS PLACE AMONG THE BEST OF BALLET.(U)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: October 26, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Vicki Smith Paluch Correspondent

THE LATE Martha Graham often drew on mythology as inspiration for her modern dance pieces. So there is something poetic about her dance troupe rising from the ashes of a long legal dispute to keep the flame of its legendary founder burning bright.

A fight over the ownership of the great choreographer's work kept the Martha Graham Dance Company off the stage for nearly three years. Out of respect to the dancers who foug...

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