Martha Graham : the evolution of her dance theory and training / [compiled by] Marian Horosko.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horosko, Marian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graham, Martha.

Choreographers--United States--Biography.

Choreographers.

United States.

Dancers--United States--Biography.

Dancers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2002]

Summary:

Marian Horosko brings together new and previously published interviews of Martha Graham's "family" of dancers, teachers, choreographers, and actors and interweaves them with provocative biographical material about the life and influence of the creator of classic modern dance.

Spanning seventy-five years, the interviews testify to the remarkable legacy that inspired the careers of many in the dance world: dancers from the contemporary generation who inherited her technique but never saw her perform; teachers, all former Graham students, who reflect their passion for maintaining Graham's few fixed principles and her emotional integrity; and the foremost actors of Graham's time who developed their craft on the principle that "movement doesn't lie."

The book offers the only syllabus in print of Graham's work. Drawn from a private film of a class for her advanced and professional company members in the 1960s, it includes comments from Graham and testifies to her use of imagery in teaching. This invaluable collection of images, interviews, and commentary traces the evolution of Graham's methodology and vocabulary of movement, on which classical modern dance continues to rely.

Contents:

Part 1 Witnesses to the Technique

1. The First Years 7

Evelyn Sabin Mannes 7

Ailes Gilmour 8

Bessie Schonberg 10

2. The Thirties 15

Gertrude Shurr 17

Dorothy Bird 27

Sophie Maslow 29

Lily Mehlman 33

May O'Donnell 34

Marie Marchowsky 40

Anna Sokolow 43

Betty Bloomer Ford 45

3. The Forties 48

Jane Dudley 51

Erick Hawkins 52

Jean Erdman 55

Mark Ryder 57

Helen McGehee 59

John Butler 62

Stuart Hodes 66

Bertram Ross 73

Ethel Winter 75

Pearl Lang 77

Yuriko 80

David Zellmer 86

4. Work with Actors and Musicians 89

Anne Jackson 90

Douglas Watson 92

Ted Dalbotten 94

Tony Randall 97

Reed Hansen 100

5. The Fifties and Sixties 102

Marnie Thomas 105

Linda Margoles Hodes 108

Phyllis Gutelius 112

Donald McKayle 115

Paul Taylor 117

Dudley Williams 118

6. The Seventies and Eighties 121

Peter Sparling 122

Joyce Herring 123

Jacqulyn Buglisi 127

Donlin Foreman 130

Terese Capucilli 132

Christine Dakin 137

Susan Kikuchi 142

Janet Eilber 146

Peggy Lyman 150

Part 2 The Later Years

Interviews with Martha Graham 154

7. The Nineties and Beyond 159

Robert Fitzgerald 160

Susan Kikuchi (as restager) 163

Takako Asakawa (as restager) 164

Yuriko (as restager) 167

Bertram Ross: Partnering Martha 171

David Wood: Creating Movements for Men 173

8. Embattled Graham, 2001 177

Syllabus of Graham Movements 231

The Dances of Martha Graham and Her Composers 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-274).

ISBN:

0813024730

OCLC:

48796334