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Martha Graham, “Celebration” (Trio), 1937.
“I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”
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photo by Richard Avedon
Still can’t believe Google did this for her.
Martha Graham was definitely ahead of her time..
So this is cool.
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Lately have been going through an obsessed phase with all things Martha Graham. Here is the first part of her still amazing collaboration with American composer Aaron Copland and Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. The ballet tells the story of a newlywed couple building a farmhouse in 19th-century Pennsylvania, and a revivalist preacher and his followers.
Appalachian Spring. Click through to Vimeo for the other three parts.
“Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.”
Martha Graham (via aballetblog)
And of many other things.
“Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.”
~Martha Graham
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“Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.”
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