Martha Graham
- Acting
- May 11, 1894 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- April 1, 1991
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
Filmography
- Martha Graham Dance Company · Choreographer
- Martha Graham: Dance on Film · Screenplay
- Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed · Self
- Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev · Choreographer
- The Kennedy Center Honors · Self
- Martha Graham Technique Demonstration · Narrator, Choreographer
- Anaïs Nin Observed · Self
- El Penitente · Choreographer
- Primitive Mysteries · Choreographer
- Night Journey · Queen Jocasta, Choreographer
- Appalachian Spring · The Wife, Writer
- A Dancer's World · Self, Writer
- Appalachian Spring · The Bride, Choreographer
- Lamentation · Self
- Frontier
- Heretic
- The Flute of Krishna · Choreographer