Martha Graham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 11, 1894
- Place of birth
- Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- April 1, 1991
Biography
Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer responsible for creating the Graham technique that reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.
Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. 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: the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. In her lifetime she received honors including the Key to the City of Paris and Japan's Imperial Order of the Precious Crown.
Movies with Martha Graham
- Heretic 1931 · ★ 5.2
- Lamentation 1943 · ★ 5.2
- A Dancer's World 1957 · ★ 6.0
- Appalachian Spring 1959 · ★ 5.3
- Night Journey 1960 · ★ 5.9
- Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed 1994 · ★ 5.7
- Frontier 1936 · ★ 5.7
- Appalachian Spring 1944 · ★ 6.0
- Anaïs Nin Observed 1974 · ★ 8.0
- Martha Graham: Dance on Film 2007 · ★ 10.0
- Martha Graham Technique Demonstration 1975