Martha Graham and the Birth of Modern Dance

Martha Graham (1894–1991) and the birth of “modern” dance.

Dance and religious asceticism in America. A biography of Martha Graham and her quiet revolution in dance. Graham and the feminist movement. “Spring in Appalachia” as a program manifesto of the leading choreographer of 20th-century USA. The figure of a composer in Graham’s work. The “technical characteristics” of Martha Graham’s method.