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Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training

Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training Paperback - 2002

by Horosko, Marian

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Martha Graham's "family" of dancers, teachers, choreographers, and actors speak to the legacy of this dance pioneer whose philosophies on movement still influence the world of classical modern dance today. 50 photos.

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  • Title Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training
  • Author Horosko, Marian
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 294
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A
  • Date 2002-06-30
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR006856876
  • ISBN 9780813024738 / 0813024730
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 5.98 x 0.77 in (22.81 x 15.19 x 1.96 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Dancers - United States, Graham, Martha
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002016565
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the publisher

"A much-needed update to Horosko's earlier book on Graham, offering an insightful look into the world of Martha Graham from those who worked very closely with her throughout the years."--Elizabeth Bergmann, dance director, Harvard University

Marian Horosko brings together new and previously published interviews of Martha Graham's "family" of dancers, teachers, choreographers, and actors and interweaves them with provocative biographical material about the life and influence of the creator of classic modern dance.

Spanning the past seventy-five years, the interviews testify to the remarkable legacy that inspired the careers of many in the dance world, among them dancers from the contemporary generation who inherited her technique but never saw her perform. The interviews of teachers, all former Graham students, reflect their passion for maintaining Graham's few fixed principles and her emotional integrity. Some of the foremost actors of Graham's time (she died in 1991) describe their stormy encounters with her in the process of her attempts to teach them that "movement doesn't lie." Although not a textbook--no textbook describing the exercises exists--this book offers the only syllabus in print of Graham's work. Drawn from a private film of a class for her advanced and professional company members in the 1960s, it includes comments from Graham and testifies to her use of imagery in teaching.

Photographs that capture the dancers' physical configuration document the development of Graham's choreographic legacy, which expanded and changed as she created each new work, more than 200 in all. These images, along with the interviews and commentary, plot the evolution of Graham's methodology and vocabulary of movement, on which classical modern dance continues to rely.

Marian Horosko, a former member of the New York City Ballet, is the author or editor of five books on dance.

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  • Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2003, Page 68

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