Martha Graham
Martha Graham
Martha Grahamwas an American modern dancer and choreographer whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, the influence of Stravinsky on music, and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth11 May 1894
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
body dance expresses human instrument itself life
the instrument by which the dance expresses itself is also the instrument by which life is lived: the human body.
dance sleep body
There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep.
thinking body gestures
The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual - as we think so will we act.
dancer body awareness
You can be Eastern or Burmese or what have you, but the function of the body and the awareness of the body results in dance and you become a dancer, not just a human being.
body trusted honored
The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.
animal ugly body
No animal ever has an ugly body until it is domesticated. It is the same with the human body.
honor body sacred
The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor.
dance wings body
Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.
dance body choreographers
The body says what words cannot.
above below blood dare explore extract fail feelings found heaven life seem unknown
Who has not found the Heaven below / Will fail of it above ... His eagerness, his voracity, a blood memory, in the sense that he can extract more from his life than what he has really lived. He must have a will to explore unknown feelings and dare to feel them. This may seem terrifying, but it has to be done because there is no other option.
best kids
I am unbelievably relieved. He is one of the best kids in the world.
american-dancer dance hidden language
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
strong memories past
I never thought of myself as being a genius. I don't know what genius is. I think a far better expression is a retriever, a lovely strong golden retriever that brings things back from the past, or retrieves things from our common blood memory
people want alive
I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.