Martha Graham & Ted Shawn. (choreographer and dancer)(Interview)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: July 1, 1995| Author: Owen, Norton; Sherman, Jane | Copyright information

A 1923 letter written by dancer Martha Graham to choreographer Ted Shawn revealed a different dimension of the relationship between teacher and pupil. The phrase 'In my heart you are a god' especially negates media's depiction of their relationship as hostile.

"In my heart you are a god," wrote Martha Graham to Ted Shawn in 1923, a letter that was virtually lost to the world for seventy- one years. Dance Magazine has asked Norton Owen, Director of Preservation at Jacob's Pillow, ...

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