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Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the
Martha Graham in 1948
Isadora Duncan in 1903
Dancer at the Laban school, Berlin 1929
Martha Graham and Bertram Ross in 1961; photo by Carl van Vechten
Martha Graham
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Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer responsible for creating the Graham technique.
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…practice changed radically, but clearly distinct modern dance techniques had not yet emerged. In the Central Modern period (c. 1923–1946), choreographers Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Katherine Dunham, Charles Weidman, and Lester Horton sought to develop distinctively American movement styles and vocabularies, and…
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