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Martha Graham
Martha Graham 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 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.
BornMay 11, 1894, Allegheny (later Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 1, 1991, New York City, U.S.
Known forDance and choreography
MovementModern dance
Official Websitehttp://marthagraham.org/

About Martha Graham

Martha Graham
Martha Graham

Choreographer Martha Graham was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States on May 11, 1894. She dies at the age of 96, on April 1, 1991.

She is most known for her contributions to modern dance as a dancer and choreographer. She was the founder of the Choreographer Martha Graham Dance Company and had a seven-decade career as a dancer.

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Martha Graham before becoming famous

Martha Graham was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1894 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She began her study at the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts in the first decade of the twentieth century.

Achievement of Martha Graham

Her many honors include the Kennedy Center Honor in 1979, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976, and the National Medal of Arts in 1985. She was the first dancer to perform in front of the President of the United States.

Martha Graham's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Martha Graham
Martha Graham

She grew up in a Presbyterian family with Irish ancestors. From 1948 to 1954, she was married to fellow dancer Erick Hawkins.

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As a choreographer of modern dance, she was likened to modernist artist Painter Pablo Picasso in terms of her tremendous influence upon the development of her art form.

Martha Graham Income & Net worth

Martha Graham's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a choreographer. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Martha Graham.

Martha Graham Height and Weight

How tall is Martha Graham? At the age of 96, Martha Graham height is 5'0" (1.5m).

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Latest information about Martha Graham updated on March 20 2023.