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Few people have contributed to dance as much as teacher and
choreographer Martha Graham. She created modern, the most demanding
body-training method.
She was born May 11, 1893, in Pittsburgh.
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She began studying dance at Denishawn, a dance company founded by Ruth St.
Denis and Ted Shawn. Her first debut was a ballet based on Aztec theme. It
provided a great success in concert performances. In 1923 Graham left
Denishawn and became a featured dancer in Greenwich Village Follies. Her New
York City debut as an independent dancer was in 1926. Among the works of her
program the next year `revolt’, the first dance protest and social comment
in the United States. This woman was not only a famous choreographer, but
she was a role model to any future dancers.
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