MARTHA GRAHAM's 117TH BIRTHDAY

Whether or not you like modern dance, there is no question that Martha Graham changed the landscape of dance.  Her choreography is so powerful and her choice of minimal stage and costume design is what we now associate with that genre.

Today, she would have been 117 years old.  I am a classically trained ballet dancer - not schooled in Graham technique - but here is my tribute to her.

Me trying to be Martha Graham-ish

More of me being Martha Graham-ish

More of me emulating Martha Graham, ballerina-style!

Another tribute from Google Doodle with animation by Ryan Woodward:







And here is the Lady herself, in all her pain and angst:

Martha Graham
web photo from archives

I am playing all the Aaron Copland music he made for her ballets all day!