Martha Graham
Martha Graham (11 de mai de 1894 – 1 d'abril de 1991) èra una dançaira e coregrafa estatsunidenca considerada coma una de las grandas davancièra de la dança contemporanèa.[1] Sa carrièra durèt setanta ans e foguèt la primièra dançaira a se produire a l'Ostal Blanc dels Estats Units d'America, la primièra tanben a èsser ambaissadora culturala e a recebre lo prèmi civil mai important dels Estats Units la Medalha de la Libertat.
Biografia
modificarMartha Graham nasquèt a Pittsburgh, Pensilvània en 1894, filha d'un psiquiatre e una descendenta del moviment religiós del Puritanisme.
Sa companhiá de dança, la Martha Graham Dance Company es la mai vièlha dels Estats Units.[2]
Referéncias
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modificar- (en) Martha Graham; Blood Memory: An autobiography; 1991; ed:Doubleday, NYC; ISBN 0-385-26503-4
- (en) Russell Freedman ; Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life; ed: Clarion Books; 1998; ISBN 0-395-74655-8
- (en) Marian Horosko; Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training; ed:Univ. Press of Florida; 2002; Gainesville; ISBN 0-8130-2473-0
- (en) Barbara Morgan; Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs; ed: Morgan & Morgan; 1980; ISBN 0-87100-176-4
- (en) Robert Tracy; Goddess - Martha Graham's Dancers Remember; ed: Limelight Editions; 1997; Pompton Plains, New Jersey; ISBN 0-87910-086-9
- (en) Dorothy Bird & Joyce Greenberg; Bird's Eye View: Dancing With Martha Graham and on Broadway; ed:Univ. of Pittsburgh Press; 2002 reprint; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ISBN 0-8229-5791-4
- (en) Paul Taylor; Private Domain: An Autobiography; ed:Knopf NYC; 1987; ISBN 0-394-51683-4
- {{en} Janet Mansfield Soares; Louis Horst: Musician in a Dancer's World; ed:Duke University Press; Durham, North Carolina; 1992; ISBN 0-8223-1226-3
- (en) Erick Hawkins; The Body Is a Clear Place and Other Statements on Dance; ed:Princeton Book Co; Hightstown, New Jersey; 1992; ISBN:0871271664
Ligams extèrnes
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- (en)Martha Graham at Find a Grave
- (en)NY Times obituary by Anna Kisselgoff, April 2, 1991
- (en)An Athlete of God: The Personal Essay of Martha Graham
- (en)PBS:American Masters biography
- (en)Kennedy Center biography
- (en)MarthaGraham.org - Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance
- (en)University of Pittsburgh online text
- (en)MySpace.com/marthagrahamdancecompany - "MySpace site run by dancers of the Martha Graham Dance Company"
- (en)BlackHistoryDaily.com - Martha Graham
- (en)NY Times review by John Martin, June 7, 1959 of Episodes
- (en)Read about the reconstruction of Clytemnestra at The Clytemnestra Project Site
- (en)Batsheva Dance Company: From Graham to Gaga - Batsheva’s transition from a strongly American-influenced company to the more distinctive troupe it is today.
- (de) Martha Graham Dance Company