Martha Graham Influence On Modern Dance

Martha Graham was known as ‘the mother of modern dance’. She was born 1894, in Pittsburgh USA. Graham has influenced modern dance through her technique, performance, and choreography. As a prime revolutionary in the arts of this century and She was a prime revolutionary in the arts of this century and the American dancer and choreographer whose name became synonymous with modern dance (NYtimes, 1991). Throughout her career of more than 50 years, she created remarkable 180 works from solo to group people. She has given modern dance a new depth of forceful expression of primal emotions (Walter Terry, 2013).

The technique Graham developed throughout her career. The most ironic image of dance is a woman in a dark leotard with tights stretching and curving the torso forwards and backwards whilst balancing on one leg. These images have developed from Mather Grahams technique (Beginning Modern Dance, 1998). Just like ballet, she created her own rule and skills for her dancers, this took over 10 years to finalize and master. She has to main principles contraction and release. Her dancer created tension through contracting the muscles, and then use the flow of energy when the muscles, and then used the flow of energy when the muscle relax. The contacting

Her groundbreaking style grew and formed around her dynamic of contraction and release. She focuses on the basic human form and enlivened the body with raw election emotion. Her style reveals sharp and direct movement, which is highly dramatic. Being deeply ingrained in the rhythm of American life and the struggles of explored (Martha Graham,). ‘ A dance reveals this spirit of the country in which it takes root, no sooner does it fail to do this then it loses its integrity and significance’ (Martha Graham, 1937). With her Choreography, she connects the audience with past and