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Martha contra mundum.(Martha Graham's dancing)
In the 1954 movic White Christmas, an Irving Berlin no-people-like-show-people musical that should be a cult classic but is more often labeled kitsch (it's that Santa Claus finale complete with pre-teens in tutus doing bourrees under the tree), there's a send-up of Martha Graham that is one of the best send-ups in dance history. The number, choreographed by the Broadway eminence Robert Alton, is called "Choreography," and it's sung by Danny Kaye, hilarious in geeky-beatnik garb: black turtleneck, black floods, black beret-eyeliner!--he's Cecil Beaton doing Sartre. Kaye doesn't perform alone. He's surrounded, swarmed, by a corps of barefoot girls in sackcloth shifts, their ...
- Martha Graham: Dance on Film: A Dancer's World, (1957)
- Magazine article from: Film International Wayant, Chelsea September 1, 2009 700+ words
Martha Graham: Dance on Film A Dancer's World, (1957) Director Peter Glushanok Producer Nathan Kroll With Martha Graham and members of the Martha Graham Company Runtime 31 minutes Appalachian Spring, (1958) Director...
- Graham tribute coincides with copyright battle. (News).(plans of Martha Graham...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Carman, Joseph April 1, 2002 700+ words
...court battle over the rights to Martha Graham's ballets, both parties in...honor of the choreographer. The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance (including the Martha Graham Dance Company) will stage a gala...
- Graham Center victory. (News).(Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance...
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Carman, Joseph November 1, 2002 700+ words
...an overwhelming victory for the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance...the rights to the majority of Martha Graham's ballets. If it stands, the...the center, which includes the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Martha Graham...
- MARTHA GRAHAM'S ENSEMBLE: BOOT CAMP FOR MODERN DANCERS.(SHOWTIME)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 23, 1995 700+ words
...Mark Rinaldi Staff writer The Martha Graham Ensemble is a sort of guerrilla...and most are recruited from the Martha Graham School in New York. From here...while the company continued. The Martha Graham Center in New York has assembled...
- Martha Graham: The Dancer 'Revealed' in Television Biography
- Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel Jesse Washington May 5, 1994 700+ words
...Angeles Sentinel 05-05-1994 Martha Graham: The Dancer 'Revealed' in Television...Masters" presents the premiere of "Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed," on Friday...collaboration 10 years in the making, "Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed" features...
- Graham Technique.(Martha Graham)
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Thomas, Marnie March 1, 2007 700+ words
Demonstrating a class for Martha Graham was always unpredictable. One...a radical rule-breaker like Martha Graham, who delighted in redefining...Eilber, artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company "When I took my...
- Martha. (Martha Graham)(Editorial)
- Magazine article from: Dance Magazine Philp, Richard May 1, 1998 700+ words
...will announce possession of Martha Graham's extensive collection of sketchbooks...Ron Protas of the formation of a Martha Graham Trust, modeled on the exemplary...the company and the school, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in...
- The Martha Graham Gambit; Hill Rejects Grant For Dance Center
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Carla Hall December 17, 1987 700+ words
Martha Graham, one of the greatest modern dance choreographers...a multimillion-dollar grant for the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance. Her gambit...legend. They didn't want to be against Martha Graham, but they didn't approve of this way...
Source: HighBeam Research, Martha contra mundum.(Martha Graham's dancing)