“The human body is very beautiful and eloquent, it is to be treasured, honored, and disciplined”.
This is how Martha describes the human body in the video “A Tribute Martha Graham”. Martha Graham is one of the greatest dancers to have graced planet earth. She makes dancing looks easy, delightful, and glamorous; she is such an awesome choreographer to watch on stage. According to Gregory Peck, Martha is absorbed in the magic of movement and her main goal when she dances is proper movement in relationship to the mind, body, and spirit. Graham does not dance like every other dancer that I have seen; instead she creates her own unique style of dancing which distinguishes her from other dancers. In the video, she generously uses the torso to portray …show more content…
She seems to invest every bit of herself into her dance and with a unique style of execution. She controls the floor and flexed her muscles in such a perfect way that one begins to wonder if she has bones in her body. Something else that stands out is that she doesn’t struggle with any movement, regardless of how difficult it seem; in fact, she uses the same energy, vigor, and focus in all of her performances- she does have a penetrating gaze.
In conclusion, Graham remains a phenomenon when it comes to dance and choreography, her success could be attributed to the self invented contraction and release technique as well as its uniqueness. It is therefore not surprising that her philosophy and style are still very much in effect long after she died. According to Martha Graham website, her dance company has unprecedentedly nurtured many leading dancers and choreographers of the 20th and 21st centuries. There is also the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance which is still the longest continuously operating school of dance in the United States. Students from different part of the world come to study at the school where they primarily focused on teaching Graham’s technique and
This is how Martha describes the human body in the video “A Tribute Martha Graham”. Martha Graham is one of the greatest dancers to have graced planet earth. She makes dancing looks easy, delightful, and glamorous; she is such an awesome choreographer to watch on stage. According to Gregory Peck, Martha is absorbed in the magic of movement and her main goal when she dances is proper movement in relationship to the mind, body, and spirit. Graham does not dance like every other dancer that I have seen; instead she creates her own unique style of dancing which distinguishes her from other dancers. In the video, she generously uses the torso to portray …show more content…
She seems to invest every bit of herself into her dance and with a unique style of execution. She controls the floor and flexed her muscles in such a perfect way that one begins to wonder if she has bones in her body. Something else that stands out is that she doesn’t struggle with any movement, regardless of how difficult it seem; in fact, she uses the same energy, vigor, and focus in all of her performances- she does have a penetrating gaze.
In conclusion, Graham remains a phenomenon when it comes to dance and choreography, her success could be attributed to the self invented contraction and release technique as well as its uniqueness. It is therefore not surprising that her philosophy and style are still very much in effect long after she died. According to Martha Graham website, her dance company has unprecedentedly nurtured many leading dancers and choreographers of the 20th and 21st centuries. There is also the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance which is still the longest continuously operating school of dance in the United States. Students from different part of the world come to study at the school where they primarily focused on teaching Graham’s technique and