Martha Graham
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The music begins. A single drum sounds a strange rhythm as a dancer appears on stage. She moves to the sound of the drum, bringing life to the beat, twisting, reaching, contracting and revealing. There seems to be chaos upon the stage, but only one dancer is present. The movements are strange, almost repulsive, yet they reach into one's soul and seize emotions of sorrow, regret, rage and fear. These feelings are surfaced and turbulence sets in. Then suddenly, it all stops.
"She employs in the creation of a final, indescribably abstract whole which so far transcends the usual theatrical production that it cannot be fitted into any familiar category" (Ross 3). Martha Graham is the mother of modern dance; she used her unique creativity, her love for live and physical expression, and her rebellious ambition to forever change the world of dance.
As a young girl, Martha Graham was not allowed to dance; her father disapproved of it ("Martha Graham" 1)...