Martha Graham
Birth : 1894-05-11, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
Death : 1991-04-01
History
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.
Choreographer
Self
Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.
Self
In this documentary Anais Nin is shown at work, at home, and talking with and about her influences: D.H. Lawrence, Otto Rank, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Martha Graham, Noguchi, Kenneth Anger, Maya Daren, Edmund Wilson, Lou Andreas-Salome and others.
Choreographer
Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
Queen Jocasta
Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
Choreographer
A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
The Wife
A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
Writer
A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
Choreographer
A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham.
Writer
A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham.
Herself
A glimpse into the world and methodology of dancer Martha Graham.
Costume Design
A multi-character dance drama
Choreographer
A multi-character dance drama
The Bride
A multi-character dance drama
Herself
A silent color film of Martha Graham dancing extracts of "Lamentation".
A dance piece celebrating western expansion and the american spirit
Heretic is a modern dance work by Martha Graham performed to Tetus Breton, an old folk tune from Brittany.
Choreographer
Produced by the Eastman Kodak Company and shot in a then-experimental process, two-color Kodachrome, Martha Graham's dance "The Flute of Krishna" is performed by students from the Eastman School of Music. It's likely (but unconfirmed) that the film was directed by an uncredited Rouben Mamoulian.
