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Martha Graham
American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
Facts
- Born
- May 11, 1894
- Died
- April 1991
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Allegheny
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupations
- costume designer, music educator, choreographer, film director, dancer, ballet dancer, ballet master
- Awards
- Council of Fashion Designers of America, Guggenheim Fellowship, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kennedy Center Honors, National Medal of Arts, National Women's Hall of Fame, Capezio Dance Award, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Laurel Leaf Award
Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q487604
Ballets choreographed · 11
| Ballet | Premiere | Music |
|---|---|---|
| Revolt | October 16, 1927 | — |
| Lamentation | January 8, 1930 | — |
| Land Be Bright | March 14, 1942 | Arthur Kreutz |
| Appalachian Spring | October 30, 1944 | Aaron Copland |
| Imagined Wing | October 30, 1944 | — |
| Cave of the Heart | 1946 | — |
| Errand into the Maze | February 28, 1947 | Gian Carlo Menotti |
| Clytemnestra | April 1, 1958 | Halim El-Dabh |
| Acrobats of God | 1960 | Carles Suriñach |
| Judith | — | William Schuman |
| Primitive Mysteries | — | Louis Horst |