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Graham, Martha
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...Martha Graham, 1894–1991, American dancer, choreographer...the closure (2000–2002) of the Martha Graham Dance Center, but a legal decision in...1991); R. Tracy, ed., Goddess: Martha Graham's Dancers Remember (1996); biographies......
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modern dance
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......the leaders of the second generation of modern dance: Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman.German ContributionsAlthough...expression of human passions and universal social themes. Martha Graham found the breath pulse the primary source of dance......
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Cunningham, Merce
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......Centralia, Wash. Cunningham studied modern dance with Martha Graham and ballet at Balanchine's School of American Ballet...with an amazing ability to jump, he was a soloist in Graham's company from 1940 to 1955. He presented his first......
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de Mille, Agnes
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......was the author of 12 books including To a Young Dancer (1962), The Book of the Dance (1963), and Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham (1991).See her autobiographies, Dance to the Piper (1952), And Promenade Home (1958), Speak......
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Ailey, Alvin, Jr.
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......casting influenced his choreography and artistic direction. He moved to New York in 1954, where he studied dance with Martha Graham and Charles Weidman and acting with Stella Adler. In 1958 he formed his own company, the American Dance Theater......
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Ford, Betty
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......advocate and reformer. Raised in Grand Rapids, Mich., she attended the Bennington School of the Dance and studied with Martha Graham, whose New York City troupe she joined. Returning home in 1941, she married (1948) Ford, then running for his......
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Lang, Pearl
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...Pearl Lang, 1922–, American dancer and choreographer, b. Chicago. Lang was a soloist with Martha Graham's company (1942–52) before forming her own company in 1952. As a dancer and choreographer she was noted for her range of......
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Taylor, Paul
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......company and performed his first dance composition. From 1955 to 1961 he won acclaim both as a leading soloist with the Martha Graham company and as the creator of witty and innovative avant-garde dances for his own company, which he had formed in......
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Tetley, Glen
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......2006, American dancer and choreographer, b. Cleveland. He studied in New York City with Hanya Holm and trained with Martha Graham, subsequently dancing (1958–59) with her company. Also a member of the American Ballet Theatre, he later had......
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Halston
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......spiral skirt, and knee-length pants, and added perfumes and luggage to his label. He also designed costumes for the Martha Graham Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and various stage and film productions. See biographies by S. S. Gaines (1991......