Martha Graham

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Martha Grahams Journey

• Authored by Eric Bentley

Presented by Eric Anderson Edited by Dr. Picart
and Donna Gallagher
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Sharp
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Angular
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Jagged
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Direct
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Discussion Question

• Do you believe that Miss Grahams art will go
  down to the grave with her?

• Even if her influence were over, it would remain
  important that she herself exists Do you
  believe this to be true? Why or why not?

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Discussion Question
What does modern dance mean to you? How would you
define it?
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• Havelock Ellis spoke of dances
• Pantomimic
• Ecstatic

(197)
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Discussion Question
Which do you believe is more realistic? Why?
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Review Question

• What gives life to an attitude?
• What makes it project?

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• Realism
• Formalism

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Review Question
Does her dance interpret life? How does her
command of space reflect this?
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Works Cited

• Being John Malchovich. Dir. Spike Jonze. With
  John Malchovich, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz. 1999
• Eric Bentley, Martha Grahams Journey, from
  What is Dance? Roger Copeland and Marshall Cohen,
  Eds. Oxford University Press, NY 1983. (p.
  197-202)
• Biography of Martha Graham , The Martha Graham
  Center of Contemporary Dance. 2000-2004
• lt http//www.marthagrahamdance.org/us/ gt
• People Martha Graham, The Isamu Noguchi Garden
  Museum.
• lt http//www.noguchi.org/graham.html gt
• Terry Teachout, Martha Graham The Time 100. June
  8, 1998
• lt http//www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profil
  e/graham.html gt