Martha Graham’s JourneyMartha Graham’s JourneyAuthored by Eric Bentley

Presented by Eric Anderson

Edited by: Dr. Picart and Donna Gallagher

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Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question•Do you believe that “Miss Graham’s art will go down to the grave with her?”

•“Even if her influence were over, it would remain important that she herself exists” – Do you believe this to be true? Why or why not?

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What does modern dance mean to you? How would you define it?

Havelock Ellis spoke of dances:

• Pantomimic• Ecstatic

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Which do you believe is more realistic? Why?

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•What gives life to an attitude?

•What makes it project?

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• Realism

•Formalism

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Does her dance interpret life? How does her command of space reflect this?

Works CitedWorks Cited• Being John Malchovich. Dir. Spike Jonze. With John Malchovich, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz. 1999•Eric Bentley, “Martha Graham’s Journey”, from What is Dance? Roger Copeland and Marshall Cohen, Eds. Oxford University Press, NY: 1983. (p. 197-202)• Biography of Martha Graham , The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. 2000-2004

< http://www.marthagrahamdance.org/us/ >• People Martha Graham, The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum.

< http://www.noguchi.org/graham.html >• Terry Teachout, Martha Graham The Time 100. June 8, 1998

< http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/graham.html >