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[ Martha Graham from film of Night journey]

[Portrait of Martha Graham and Bertram Ross, in Visionary Recital]

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[Portrait of Martha Graham and Bertram Ross]

[Portrait of Margalo Gillmore] - Public domain portrait print

[ Martha Graham in Lamentation, No. 3]

[Portrait of Marian Seldes, as Bertha in Ondine]

[ Martha Graham in Sarabande] - Public domain portrait print

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Reproduced with permission of Janet Morgan/The Barbara Morgan Archive. For further information e-mail morganarchives@gmail.com (Copyright Notice)

Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

Martha Graham was 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. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years. Graham was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and receive the highest civilian award of the US: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century Martha Graham created a movement language based upon the expressive capacity of the human body.

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Date

1940 - 1950
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Contributors

Graham, Martha (performer)
Morgan, Barbara (photographer)
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Martha Graham
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Location

New York, United States ,  40.71278, -74.00594
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes.

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