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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Martha Graham"”.
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Theatre as a Verb: The Theatre Art of Martha Graham, 1923-1958
… after she had launched her independent career, Martha Graham choreographed Clytemnestra, the climax of her unique, revolutionary art. She was then sixty-four years old, well past the usual retirement age for dancers; nonetheless, she appeared in this production as the condemned Queen, …
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Corporeal Modernity: Shared Concepts in the Work of Jackson Pollock, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham
… in two different mediums, Jackson Pollock, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham created works during the 1940s and 1950s that share several analogous formal characteristics, as well as a body-centered process that reminded viewers of both the corporeality of the artists and of themselves. My …
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The Strange Commodity of Cultural Exchange: Martha Graham and the State Department on Tour, 1955-1987
The study of Martha Graham's State Department tours and her modern dance demonstrates that between 1955 and 1987 a series of Cold Wars required a steady product that could meet "informational" propaganda needs over time. After World War II, dance critics mitigated the prewar influence of the German …
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Modern Dance, Embodiment, and Society: The Graham Technique’s Resistance to Conditioned Physicality
<p>Martha Graham, foremost pioneer of American Modern dance, is the originator and developer of what is known today as the Graham technique. When this technique is removed from performative contexts, the philosophy of its practice can add insight to a discussion of embodiment and what it means to …
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Costume as an active component of performance
… of two pioneers of modern dance, Löie Fuller and Martha Graham, to demonstrate that costume can become a performance in its own right. I undertake a comprehensive study of one particular work by Graham, Lamentation, and describe its impact upon my own practice. Drawing on both practical and …