Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Grahamwas an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, the influence of Stravinsky on music, and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth11 May 1894
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
dance dancing movement
Nothing is more revealing than movement.
philosophy moving land
America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.
mean gestures taste
I love words very much. I've always loved to talk, and I've always love words — the words that rest in your mouth, what words mean and how you taste them and so on. And for me the spoken word can be used almost as a gesture.
inspirational dance thinking
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
lying space light
I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.
dance dancing looks
We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.
dancing secret
The secret to dancing is that it is about everything except dancing.
leadership being-strong work
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
beautiful dance forgotten-things
In a dancer, there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.
beautiful believe mean
I use the words gods and goddesses principally, I think, to mean beautiful bodies - bodies that are absolute instruments. And I believe in discipline, I believe in a very definite technique.
dancer body awareness
You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being.
acceptance maturity years
'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
inspirational dance art
The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.
dance mean discipline
Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.