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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