“I wanted to begin not with characters or ideas, but with moments…. I wanted significant movement. I did not want it to be beautiful or fluid. I wanted it to be fraught with inner meaning, with excitement and surge” (Martha Graham). Martha Graham is a famous American choreographer, dancer, and teacher of modern Graham and was an inspiration for many people, not only for a dancer. Also, Martha Graham was the first lady to brought muscle movements in dance and strong emotional story with feelings. Additionally, Graham also knows as “the mother of modern dance.” Her students included many famous people. According to the “About The Dancer article”, “As a teacher, Graham trained and inspired generations of fine dancer and choreographers. Her pupils
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later, in the 1910s Martha Graham and her family moved to Santa Barbara, California. Graham early childhood inspiration was her father George Graham, a doctor who specialized in nervous disorders. According to bio.com “Dr. Graham believed that the body could express its inner senses, an idea that intrigued his young daughter.” When Martha Graham was 17 years old, her dad took her to see Ruth St. Denis performance at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles and the show inspirited her to become a dancer. After the show, she asked her parents permission to allow her to study in dance. However, Martha Graham parents were super religious, therefore her parents did not allow her. After her parent did not permit to become a dancer, then Martha Graham enrolled in arts-oriented junior college (bio.com). However, it did not stop her from following her dream. In 1914 her father died and after her father death, she enrolled at Denishawn School of Dancing and Arts, founded by St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn. First, it was hard for her because she never attended dance and she was in her early 20s. The early 20s is too late to begin dancing for the dancer. In 1920, Martha Graham make her debut on Shawn’s Choreographed dance “Xochitl”, it was specially made for Graham. Graham played the role of attacked Aztec. After Xochital, Martha Graham became well known and famous because the performance was
later, in the 1910s Martha Graham and her family moved to Santa Barbara, California. Graham early childhood inspiration was her father George Graham, a doctor who specialized in nervous disorders. According to bio.com “Dr. Graham believed that the body could express its inner senses, an idea that intrigued his young daughter.” When Martha Graham was 17 years old, her dad took her to see Ruth St. Denis performance at the Mason Opera House in Los Angeles and the show inspirited her to become a dancer. After the show, she asked her parents permission to allow her to study in dance. However, Martha Graham parents were super religious, therefore her parents did not allow her. After her parent did not permit to become a dancer, then Martha Graham enrolled in arts-oriented junior college (bio.com). However, it did not stop her from following her dream. In 1914 her father died and after her father death, she enrolled at Denishawn School of Dancing and Arts, founded by St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn. First, it was hard for her because she never attended dance and she was in her early 20s. The early 20s is too late to begin dancing for the dancer. In 1920, Martha Graham make her debut on Shawn’s Choreographed dance “Xochitl”, it was specially made for Graham. Graham played the role of attacked Aztec. After Xochital, Martha Graham became well known and famous because the performance was