Graham for a new century/ Dance company bringing aesthetic of 'dancer of the century' to Springs

From: The Gazette | Date: February 25, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Modern dance may never recover from Martha Graham.

Her revolutionary choreography - gut-wrenching, body-contorting, angular and direct - lifted her to goddess-like heights. She became, and remains, the mother of American dance.

In the early 20th century, Graham dared to fuse female sexuality with high art, extraordinary athleticism with emotional hunger and intelligence. She brought in theatrical lighting and designed her own costumes. She threw off the subdued restraints of classical ballet and used the movement of the body to interpret painting, mythology and psychology - sometimes ...

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