Martha Graham

May 11th - Martha Graham’s birthday.  In 2015 there is 121 years since she was born.


Martha Graham – a mother of the modern dance & choreography.
She followed every chapter of her life as if writing autobiography.
Devoted, gifted& professional, Graham throve for higher heights.
Own technique & style she has established, preserving copyrights.

She used dance as a medium to express feeling, thought, emotion.
Martha fought for her artistic freedom & new art form promotion.
Known for her generosity, determination, courage and versatility,
Graham had accomplished modern dance publicity and visibility.

Martha used movement to reflect social causes & environment.
Intense emotionality of dance performers was her requirement.
Graham strove to achieve novelty, advancement and evolution,
While pioneering modern dance movement, making revolution.

In modern dance Graham emphasized vigor, vitality and action,
Allowing all performers individual pace, timing and expression.
Martha spoke of an “open channel,” allowing motivation flow,
Bringing experiments and change, eager to innovate and grow.

She implemented her ideas and tested out human body capability.
Her “contraction& release” drove and derived from her creativity.
What Martha had conveyed was “principle of tension & relaxation.”
She had dramatically contributed to dance industry transformation.

Graham had been fond of colleagues, students, fans collaboration.
She earned worldwide acclaim, recognition, praise & appreciation.
Inspiring & sensitive to each & every human spirit, soul and heart,
Graham’s dancing vision - brave, powerful, daring, state-of-the art.

May 11th - birthday of Martha Graham, known for her originality,
As well as independent spirit, dancing passion, skills universality.
She was an artist – genius, genuine, ambitious, persevere & true.
Thinking of Graham today & always, our gratitude, respect is due.


Copyright©2015 Mila Alper


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