Name
Martha Graham
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1894-05-11
Deathday
1991-04-01 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer responsible for creating the Graham technique that reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.
Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and receive the highest civilian award of the US: the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. In her lifetime she received honors including the Key to the City of Paris and Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.
Known For
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A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also c...
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A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham....
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A silent color film of Martha Graham dancing extracts of "Lamentation"....
- 1957 A Dancer's World as Self
- 1960 Night Journey as Queen Jocasta
- 1936 Frontier
- 1943 Lamentation as Herself
- 1944 Appalachian Spring as The Bride
- 1959 Appalachian Spring as The Wife
- 1931 Heretic
- 1974 Anaïs Nin Observed as Self
- 1994 Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed as Self
- 2007 Martha Graham: Dance on Film
- 1975 Martha Graham Technique Demonstration as Narrator
- 1978 The Kennedy Center Honors ( 1 episode ) as Self
