Martha Graham
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Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer responsible for creating the Graham technique.
Graham in 1948
Martha Graham with Bertram Ross (1961)
President Gerald Ford awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Martha Graham, 1976
First Lady Betty Ford, President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France, Choreographer Martha Graham, Actor Clint Eastwood, Fashion Designer Adele Simpson, and Jazz Pianist Earl Hines Seated in the State Dining Room
Appalachian Spring
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Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work. Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Co
Martha Graham
…conducted by Robert Irving, voice parts sung by Rosalia Maresca and Ronald Holgate. Graham collaborated with many composers including Aaron Copland on Appalachian Spring, Louis Horst, Samuel Barber, William Schuman, Carlos Surinach, Norman Dello Joio, and Gian Carlo Menotti. Graham's mother died in Santa Barbara in 1958…
Martha Graham, c. 1940
Isamu Noguchi's set
Themes of war, particularly the American Civil War, are present throughout Appalachian Spring.