An introduction to floorwork in a martha graham technique class 1.
Martha graham floor routine.
Learn more about graham s life and career.
Martha graham may 11 1894 april 1 1991 was an american modern dancer and choreographer.
Graham danced and taught for over seventy years.
Breathings contraction and release spirals deep stretches turns around the back graham plies with contractions and s arms.
Martha graham influential american dancer teacher and choreographer of modern dance whose ballets and other works were intended to reveal the inner man she gave modern dance new depth as a vehicle for the intense and forceful expression of primal emotions.
Early life martha graham was born in a suburb of pittsburgh pennsylvania on may 11 1894 one of george and jane beers graham s three daughters.
The floor plays an integral part as every movement is taken.
However the notions that are most commonly practiced in graham s floor work are the bounces breathings turns around the back and spirals.
The deepest contraction needs the floor to coil into from the beginning the quality of your work will be affected by the working relationship you establish with the floor.
She 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.
Her style the graham technique reshaped american dance and is still taught worldwide.
Here s a list of the basic vocabulary of the martha graham s dance technique.
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