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Choreographer

Martha Graham, born on May 11, 1894, and died on April 1, 1991, was one of the pioneers of modern dance in the United States. Known as the 'Mother of Modern Dance', she was renowned for her unique dance style and profound emotional expression.

Famous Martha Graham Quotes

“Nothing is more revealing than movement. The body says what words cannot.”

Movement Dance

Author:Martha Graham

“Nothing is more revealing than movement.”

Movement Dancing Dance Revealing Just Dance Dance Performance

Author:Martha Graham

“It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer. The training is twofold. There is the study and practice of the craft in order to strengthen the muscular structure of the body. The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. The movement become clean, precise, eloquent, truthful. Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it. This might be called the law of the dancer's life, the law which governs its outer aspects”

“All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.”

Love Important Moments Movement Dancing Dance Slips Live In The Moment Worth Living Unnoticed Inspirational Dance Motivational Dance

Author:Martha Graham

“Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.”

Soul States Lying Movement Dancing Dance Weather Dancer Just Dance Chakra Never Lie Inspirational Dance Short Dance Barometer Pointe Dancers

Book:Blood Memory

Source: Blood Memory

“Dancers today can do anything; the technique is phenomenal. The passion and the meaning to their movement can be another thing.”

Today Passion Can Do Movement Dancing Dance Technique Dancer Phenomenal Just Dance

Book:Blood Memory

Source: Blood Memory

“I am certain that movement never lies. There is only one law of posture I have been able to discover - the perpendicular line connecting heaven and earth.”

Has Beens Able Earth Law Lying Certain Heaven Lines Movement Dance Connecting Posture Heaven And Earth Never Lie

Author:Martha Graham

“A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't settle for anything less.”

Body Lying Passion Pay Behinds Movement Terrible Dance Driving Settling Dancer Homage

Author:Martha Graham

“My dancing is not an attempt to interpret life in the literary sense. It is an affirmation of life through movement.”

Movement Dancing Dance Affirmation

Author:Martha Graham

“I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination.”

Light Lying Imagination Space Magic Movement Outer Space Never Lie

Book:Blood Memory

Source: Blood Memory

“America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found in its movement. It is to be felt as a dramatic force of energy and vitality. We move; we do not stand still. We have not yet arrived at the stock-taking stage.”

Doe Stills Philosophy America Moving Found Energy Force Felt Land Stage Movement Involved Concern Dramatic Vitality Impressionism

Author:Martha Graham

About the Author

Born: May 11, 1894
Died: April 1, 1991
Known for: Choreographer
Quotes: 140

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