major most influential figure in American modern dance for more than fifty years.

Graham was born on May 11, 1893, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1908 Graham moved

to Santa Barbara, California. Then in 1916 she began studying under Ruth St. Denis and

Ted Shawn in the Denishawn school and company. During the next several years in the

company Graham evolved from a student, to a teacher, to one of the company's best

After two years of dancing in Broadway productions, Martha Graham was the

director of the dance department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New

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