Biography
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, 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 ranging from the Key to the City of Paris to Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown. She said, in the 1994 documentary The Dancer Revealed: "I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable." Founded in 1926 (the same year as Graham's professional dance company), the Martha Graham School is the oldest school of dance in the United States. First located in a small studio within Carnegie Hall, the school currently has two different studios in New York City.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
self 5
Writer 1
Night Journey (1960)
The Unconquered (1954)
Appalachian Spring (1944)
Lamentation (1943)
Frontier (1936)
Heretic (1931)
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Birthday1894-05-11
Deathday1991-04-01 (96 years old)
RelationshipsErick Hawkins (1948-09-04 - 1954-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardshonorary doctor of Brandeis University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Capezio Dance Award, Laurel Leaf Award, National Women's Hall of Fame, National Medal of Arts, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kennedy Center Honors, Guggenheim Fellowship
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