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An 8 page overview of the life and dance style of Martha Graham. The author contends that although
Graham's style is most often remembered as being shaped by the ancient cultures such as those she portrayed in "Xochitl", this view is an oversimplification of the factors that shaped a very complex woman and dance style. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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first danced barefoot onto the stage in "Xochitl", a ballet that was structured around the Aztec peoples of Central America. Now remembered as the mother of modern dance, Graham
is frequently acknowledged as having pulled much of her inspiration from the aboriginal dances of North America. Her performance overall, in fact, is most often remembered as being shaped
by the ancient cultures such as those she portrayed in "Xochitl". Despite the fact that this view is prevalent in the literature, it is in fact an oversimplification of
the factors that shaped a very complex woman and style. Born in the last decade of the nineteenth century (on May 11, 1893)
Martha Graham was to both mesmerize and shock the world. Between "Xochitl" and her death in 1991 Graham performed onstage hundreds of times. Although she officially retired from
the stage at age 76, her last dance being the "Cortege of Eagles" that same year, she continued to design practically to the time she died (Graham, 1991). In
addition to Native American themes such as that portrayed in "Xochitl", her life productions (some 180 in all) included those centering around Greek legends and even Biblical themes. Her
style was unique to say the least. Graham used her body in a way that few contemporary dancers ever dreamed possible.
That use, according to some authors, to some degree mirrored the movement and intensity found in Native American dance and in the dances of the so-called "primitive" cultures that
the Eurocentric art world had seldom considered prior to Graham. Because such art forms had been largely ignored, even shunned, Grahams work filled a cultural chasm that few even
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