Martha Graham
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.
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Movies (16)
Martha Graham Dance Company
2017 · Choreographer
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
2007 · Screenplay
Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
1994 · Self
Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980 · Choreographer
Martha Graham Technique Demonstration
1975 · Narrator, Choreographer, Director
Anaïs Nin Observed
1974 · Self
El Penitente
1964 · Choreographer
Primitive Mysteries
1964 · Choreographer
Night Journey
1960 · Queen Jocasta, Choreographer
Appalachian Spring
1959 · The Wife, Writer, Choreographer
A Dancer's World
1957 · Self, Writer, Choreographer
Appalachian Spring
1944 · The Bride, Choreographer, Costume Design
Lamentation
1943 · Herself
Frontier
1936
Heretic
1931
The Flute of Krishna
1926 · Choreographer
