Talk:Martha Graham

Can someone verify for me what this statement means?

Some critics say that even though there is little physical record of her dances, they are more memorable than her choreographic work.

Does this mean to say that there is little physical record of Martha Graham herself performing? Dancemaster 07:50, 26 September 2005 (UTC)Reply

I agree that the sentence needs editing. The core problem is the use of "Some critics say", close to examples given as "weasel words" in Wikipedia's composition standards. The statement is almost certainly true (and could have a legitimate reference, with input of effort), but the total effect of the sentence is to devalue a body of (lifetime) choreography that few question as masterful. Even with the citation, it would be contrary to the larger body of opinions. It would be more useful to examine the question of her choreography in her declining years, and to what extent may have been glossed by Protas and others. Stagehand 17:48, 21 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

For a majority of her life Graham resisted the recording of her dances and would not allow them to be filmed. She believed the performances should exist only live on the stage and in no other form. At one point she even burned volumes of her diaries and notes to prevent them from being seen. There were a few notable exceptions, such as when she worked on a limited basis with still photograhers (Imogen Cunningham in the 1930's and Barbara Morgan in the 1940's). In later years her thinking on the matter evolved and others convinced her to let them recreate some of what was lost.

Graham started her career at an age that was considered late for a dancer. And when her body finally gave up on her in the late 1950's and early 60's she left the stage at a point some say was long overdue. Those who had the privilege of seeing her perform in her prime have attested to ger precision, form and mesmerizing brilliance as a dancer on stage. Though she is arguably one of the most important choreographers in the history of dance (and one of the most important artists of the 20th Century) she always said that she perferred to be known and remembered as a dancer. Cjboffoli 17:43, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Needs discussion of the legal battle with Ron Protas after Graham's death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.160.65.40 (talk) 16:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)] (UTC)Reply

I almost regret adding some living but notable dancers' names. I changed the headings of these sections because of the addition of "Lyfe Genes", which I suspect was vandalism. I suggest that this can be avoided by adding only the names of *former* members of the company, i.e. those who are no longer dancing.Stagehand 15:05, 26 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

The reason I added Later Former Dancers is that using citable quotations (by a famous dance scholar, in the Early Dancers section) to get a list of dancers' names a)Obeys Wikipedia guidelines about content b)Avoids charges that I listed "favorites of mine" or people I might know. I was trying to section off the list of names that did not have "citability". Stagehand 17:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I guess I have to propose deleting this section that I added because it continues to attract vandalism. I'll check, but I suspect that "Danielle Lawson" is vandalism. Stagehand 19:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)Reply

The dance list is woefully incomplete, and misses all of her earlier works (20s and 30s). There is a complete list at http://marthagraham.org/resources/sub_chronology.php. It is obviously far too long for an article, and I don't know enough about Graham's dances to intelligently pare it down to a more essential and illustrative listing of her work. Could someone more versed in her works take this on? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dennis1200 (talk • contribs) 12:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC).Reply

== Needs citation == GREAT DANCER EVER

                                           MARTHA GRAHAM 

"Dr. Graham often brought his wife strawberries in the winter at a time when they were very hard to come by. The Graham children were looked after by a live-in Irish maid. They were a proper family at the upper echelon of Pittsburgh society." 76.178.147.102 14:27, 28 May 2007 (UTC) AdrienneReply

Adrienne: these items come from Agnes DeMille's book "Martha" published by Random House in 1991. Cjboffoli 17:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

When I can find some more time I plan to continue to flesh out this entry with information on: further development of her dances, her collaboration with pianist Louis Horst, the failure of her marriage with Erick Hawkins, her reaction to an invitation from the Nazi Party for her company to perform at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, her aversion to having her work recorded, mid-Century collaborations with Alexander Calder and Isamu Noguchi, her work teaching movment to film actors including Woody Allen, descent into alcoholism in response to the physical limitations from advancing age, her near-death and recovery from alcohol addiction and the renaisssance of her later years, her presence as a late 1970's and early 80's New York celebrity (sometime Studio 54 guest, socializing with Halston, Liza Minelli, Andy Warhol, Madonna, etc.), the growing influence of her assistant Ron Protas, her death and the Federal lawsuit over the rights to her dances, the recreation of her works, and the revival of the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance.

If there is anything I've left out or something anyone else would like to have illuminated, please let me know. Thanks so much to all of the great editors here who have helped to clean up and organize this entry. Your work is much appreciated. Cjboffoli 18:06, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

A previous poster had incorrectly listed Graham's final performance in May 1968 when she was 74. On page 238 of her autobiography Graham herself cites her final performance in Cortege of Eagles, in 1970. Cjboffoli 18:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

May I suggest that a more appropriate observation might have been "While a previous editor provided a fully-cited report from a major Graham scholar that her final performance ..., that scholar is incorrect. On page 238..." It seems to me that the autobiography reference belongs in the article, not here in the discussion. But if De Mille (my reference) can be wrong, Graham herself (like any autobiographer) can be wrong. A quick look at The New York Times supports the 1970-Graham date much more than the 1968-De Mille date, but that single newspaper is not conclusive. Indeed, they quote Martha as telling an audience at the 1970 Brooklyn season that she hoped to appear onstage the following year! In fact, it's impossible to "prove" any negative event with a single citation, isn't it? Stagehand 00:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Stagehand: I was writing for brevity. I didn't mean to offend you or suggest your addition was careless. There clearly is a discrepancy. Graham was meticulous in her record keeping and had no obvious reason to obfuscate. You're right in suggesting that any of the sources can be wrong: De Mille, the NYT, or even Graham. All things considered I'd be inclned to give precedence to the words of the artist herself. But I've found yet another source which lists a different date. I'll amend the article to reflect the differences. Cjboffoli 13:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

By looking at the wik/en Hawkins, wik/en Graham, wik/de Hawkins, and wik/de Graham articles, one gets really different pictures. It's not that I saw specific contradictions, but what is emphasized and what's left out are so different it is a bit bewildering. One issue in particular is Graham's alcoholism: in the German Wik on Hawkins, that is one of two reasons given for his leaving her; in the German Wik on Graham, Hawkins is not even mentioned; in the English Wik on Graham, alcohol problems seem to appear after the divorce; in the English Wik (which, it is true, I partly wrote, using obits), there is no mention of alcohol. Can some-one work to bring all these articles more into line with each other adn what actually happened? Kdammers (talk) 06:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

I may have time to do something here. If there is no mention of Hawkins on the German Wikipedia that is a problem I can't fix, since ny German is limited to a few, very few words.It is a problem though for sure. (olive (talk) 15:03, 13 June 2008 (UTC))Reply

If you get the wik/en articles clear, I can try to co-ordinate the German ones. Right now, the German MG article still does not mention Hawkins, whereas the EH article says that in 1938 he was the first (male?: German is ambiguous here) dancer in her SoCD; that she fell in love with the much yuonger Hawkins and

lived with him for 8 yrs before they married in 1948; and that the marriage failed shortly thereafter due to her alcohol consumption (I guess a euphemism for drunkenness/alcoholism)and her hysteric collapses. I have no idea how accurate this is or what the source is.Kdammers (talk) 05:59, 15 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

Martha was dancing during the time she was married to Hawkins. Having read as much as I have about her beliefs on the dancer's body as a finely tuned machine I have a hard time accepting that the issue of drinking was the principal reason for the failure of her marriage. Most of the biographers I have read on the subject suggest that, from the start, the presence of Hawkins in the company caused great conflict and personnel changes. Despite the love between them, a union of two strong-willed artists was perhaps doomed from the start, especially when Graham was committed to always choose her art over anything else. Hawkins may or may not have had issues with Martha being the greater talent. In her autobiography Graham herself chronicled the conflict that led to the devolution of the relationship and how Hawkins apparently deliberately injured her by throwing her down during a performance in Paris before he left her. The alcohol abuse came much later in life as a means by which Graham dealt with the decline of her body with advancing age. There are many other plausible explanations for the failure of the marriage. Hawkins' ego seems sufficient motivation for obscuring the actual details. Graham was candid about her abuse of alcohol later in life but mentioned nothing of it in relation to her marriage.Cjboffoli (talk) 08:54, 22 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

"and is widely considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century" unless someone can give me some backing for that I am going to pull it (or change it to reference specifically dance). Seems a little over the top. -Hellkyte —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.7.123.51 (talk) 14:05, 13 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

I wouldn't pull it. Its a true statement and I 'll see if I can find a source. Anyone in the dance field would likely concur with this. She is and was considered the "Mother" of modern dance and is a huge figure in the history of dance. .... I'll see if I can find something tonight or tomorrow. Thanks (olive (talk) 22:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC))Reply

I can't speak for the quality of the following, but here is support for the assertion: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/47790.Martha_Graham; www.ballet.co.uk/dcforum/happening/6550.html; www.observer.com/node/46031?observer_most_read_tabs_tab=2 ; www.bookrags.com/Martha_Graham; www.jgames.co.uk/title/Martha_Graham : www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/R2NHXUAQTOHLF — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kdammers (talk • contribs) 03:09, 20 June 2008 (UTC)Reply

I had written long sections of the Martha Graham page a while back only to return and discover that some vandal or vandals had erased virtually everything I had so carefully contributed. Special thanks to those irresponsible people who make contributing to Wikipedia an exercise in futility. Cjboffoli (talk) 07:04, 24 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

This article is linked to from a doodle. Apparently Google are releasing a doodle every other day.Pm master (talk) 04:04, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

yes, and it sucks. Especially when Google abuses its doodles for blatant pro-USA propaganda. Doodles should be made for the entire MANKIND, because Google is used world-wide! 93.219.163.105 (talk) 05:24, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

There are different google doodles in different countries. Some countries have a doodle when others have it plain 217.44.102.239 (talk) 08:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

That Martha Graham was linked to from a Google doodle does not seem relevant in a summary of her person. This line should be deleted from the Martha Graham page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gmichaelshields (talk • contribs) 13:23, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I have tagged this page with Template:Puffery as parts of it are written in an aggrandizing style that is uncommon for Wikipedia biographies. Passages such as "Graham was a galvanizing performer, a choreographer of astounding moves. She invented a new language of movement, and used it to reveal the passion, the rage and the ecstasy common to human experience." sound much more like a point-of-view article rather than an encyclopedic one. --Cmuratori (talk) 05:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I'm not sure that the 'puffery' is very bad (she may have been an amazing dancer and choreographer, capable of all(?) that is claimed) but the article does need a load more cite notes for much of what is said. EdwardLane (talk) 08:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please change "mesmerizing brilliance " to "talent" because this article is marked as wikipuffery meaning words like "Greatest, best, brilliant, wonderful, talented, perfect etc. should be avoided". I can tell she is a well respected figure but it is important to make the article neutral/ unbiased. Thank you.

76.88.145.207 (talk) 05:41, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Done Stickee (talk) 12:28, 12 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

مارتا گراهام

مارتا گراهام یک رقصنده و طراح رقص ��مریکایی بود و خیلی ها اورا پایه گذار رقص نوین آمریکا می دانند و تاثیر او بر رقص را با تاثیر استراوینسکی در موسیقی یا پیکاسو در نقاشی یا فرانک لوید رایت در مهندسی مقایسه میکنند

گراهام یک رقصنده قدرتمند و یک طراح رقص بی نظیر و بود. او زبان تازه ای از حرکات موزون را پایه نهاد و از آن برای بروز شوق و شوری که در انسان نهفته است استفاده کرد

او بیش از هفتاد سال به رقصندگی و طراحی رقص پرداخت و در این مدت اولین رقصنده ای بود که در کاخ سفید دست به اجرا زد، او همچنین اولین رقصنده ای بود که به عنوان سفیر فرهنگی به خارج کشور سفر کرد و همینطور اولین رقصنده ای که بالاترین مدال افتخار کشور آمریکا را به نام مدال آزادی از آن خود کرد

در طول زندگیش افتخارات بیشماری از جمله گرفتن کلید شهر پاریس گرفته تا تاج ارزشمند ژاپن را کسب کرد

مارتا گراهام در النی پنسیلوانیا در سال 1894 متولد شد. پدرش جرج گراهام نوعی روانپزشک بود. آقای دکتر گراهام متعلق به نسل سوم ایرلندی تبارانی بود که به آمریکا مهاجرت کرده بودند و مادرش جین بیرز بود. با توجه به درآمدی که از راه پزشکی داشتند آنها زندگی سطح بالایی را تجربه میکردند. تا آنجا که دکتر گراهام حتی در زمستان هم برای همسرش توت فرنگی میاورد.

بچه های خانواده گراهام توسط یک پرستار ایرلندی الاصل نگهداری میشدند. آنها یک خانواده طبقه بالا در پیتزبرو محسوب میشدند. گرچه شرایط اجتماعی زندگی مارتا باعث دسترسی او به علم و دانش میشد اما به عنوان دختر بزرگ یک پزشک ، در نظر گرفتن هنر برای آینده، برای او بسیار مشکل مینمود

در سال 1926 مرکز رقص معاصر مارتا گراهام ساخته شده. یکی از شاگردان این مرکز بتزابی روتچایلد بود که بعد ها با مارتا دوست صمیمی شدند. وقتی روتچایلد به اسرائیل رفت و موسسه رقص بتزاوی را در سال 1965 تاسیس کرد. گراهام مدیر موسسه شد و اولین نسل رقصنده های موسسه را تربیت کرد و به طراحی رقص برای موسسه پرداخت

در سال 1936 او یکی از معروف ترین کارهایش را به نام کرونیکل(تاریخچه) عرضه کرد که خیلی ها آنرا شروع عصری نوین در رقص معاصر آمریکا میدانند. این رقص مسائل مهم را به شکل دراماتیکی به روی صحنه اورد که حاصل تاثیر شگرف بحران بزرگ بازار بورس وال استریت و دوران افسردگی بزرگ آن زمان و انزوا بود که هم بر روی صحنه خودش را نشان میداد هم بر روی لباس های رقصنده ها. در سال 1948، گراهام با اریک هاکینگز(یکی از رقصنده های موسسه) ازدواج کرد که 15سال از خودش جوانتر بود. گرچه گراهام به ازدواج به عنوان یک اصل معتقد نبود اما بعد از هشت سال زندگی با هاکینگز متوجه شد که ازدواج قدم مناسبیست

بزرگترین کار او به نام کلایتمنسترا در سال 1958 ساخته شد و با اجرای موسیقیدان معروف مصری هلیم الداب همراه بود. او همینطور با آهنگسازانی چون ارون کاپلند لوئیس هورست، ساموئل باربر، ویلیام شومن، کارلوس سوریناک، نورمان دلو جوجو و جیان منوتی همکاری کرد. مادر گراهام در سال 1958 در سانتا باربارا فوت کرد. باسابقه ترین دوست و همکار موسیقی دانش لوئیس هورست در سال 1964 فوت کرد. گراهام در مورد هورست میگفت “او گرچه دوستی دلسوز و فهیم بود اما ایمان او بود که به من انگیزه ادامه کار رو میداد. بدون اون من مطمئناً در این راه گم میشدم”

گراهام در واقع از اصطلاح رقص مدرن متنفر بود و اصطلاح رقص معاصر رو ترجیح میداد. او معتقد بود مفهوم مدرن مدام در حال تغییر است و نمیتوان به چیزی اطلاقش کرد

گراهام در بیشتر دوران کاری خود از عکس گرفتن یا فیلم گرفتن از کارهای خود جلوگیری میکرد. او معتقد بود اجرا فقط باید زنده و بر روی صحنه باشد و نه جور دیگری. او حتی یک بار تمام خاطرات و یادداشت های خود را سوزاند تا از دیده شدن آنها جلوگیری کند. اما چند استثنایی وجود داشت، او به صورت محدود با عکاس معروف ایموجن کانینگهام در دهه 1930 و باربارا مورگان در دهه چهل همکاری داشت او همچنین فیلیپ هالزمن را به عنوان عکاس “دارک میدو” که کامل ترین مجموعه عکس کارهای او محسوب میشوند انتخاب کرد

هلزمن همینطور در دهه چهل از دیگر کارهای گراهام از جمله “لتر تو د وورلد” “کیو اف د هون” “نایت جورنی” عکاسی کرده بود

او در اواخر دهه 1960 هم به رقصندگی ادامه میداد و با کهولت سن به شکل فزاینده ای به الکل روی اورد. نسل جوانتر که افسانه های او را شنیده بودند و از اینهمه تعریفی که در مورد او شده بود تعجب میکردند. کارهایش در این مقطع مبتنی بر خودش و گروه رقصی که حول او به اجرا میپرداختند بود. علاقه گراهام به رقص باعث شد علیرغم انتقاد های منتقدین که زمان اورا گذشته میدانستن همچنان به اجرا ادامه دهد اما وقتی صدای منتقدان بیش از پیش به هوا رفت او صحنه را کنار گذاشت File:Http://www.paradoxmind.com/1302/Twenties/Martha Graham 1948.jpg

آنهایی که افتخار دیدن اجرای گراهام را در سالهای جوانیش داشتند تصدیق میکنند که او یک رقصنده دقیق و فوق العاده روی صحنه بود. گرچه او همچنین یکی از مهم ترین طرح های رقص تاریخ رقص بوده و شاید حتی یکی از مهمترین هنرمندان قرن بیستم او همیشه دوست داشت که با رقص هایش به یاد اورده شود. در سالهایی که از صحنه جدا شد، گراهام دچار افسردگی عمیقی شد که ناشی از دیدن موفقیت طراحی رقص هایی بود که او طراحی کرده بود اما توسط رقصنده های جوان و یا حتی شوهر سابقش هاکینگز اجرا میشد بود. او در طولتمام این سالها برای فراموش کردن دردهای خود به الکل روی اورد

بعد از بستری شدنش در بیمارستان او در سال 1972 مشروب خوردن را کنار گذاشت و به استودیوی خودش برگشت و به طراحی بیش از ده رقص باله و … جدید پرداخت. آخرین باله کامل او در دهه 1990 بود که “مپل لیف رگ” نام داشت

او در سال 1976 برنده مدال آزادی از رئیس جمهور فورد شد

رقص های طراحی شده گراهام حتی بعد از مرگش به دلیل ذات الریه در سال 1991 در صحنه ها باقی ماند. جسد او سوزانده شد و خاکسترهای آن در کوه های کریستو بر فراز شهر نیو مکزیکو پخش شد

در سال 1998 مجله تایم رقصنده های قرن را انتخاب کرد و او را به عنوان یکی از مهمترین افراد قرن بیستم انتخاب کرد

در کتابخانه ملی نیویورک بیشترین درخواست هایی که به رقص مربوط میشوند حاوی نام مارتا گراهام است File:Http://capitolchoices.communitypoint.org/images/resources/Book/martha graham lg.gif —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.248.207.171 (talk) 05:49, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

google translate says that above was Persian - and this the rough translation

Martha Graham == ==

Martha Graham

Martha Graham, an American dancer and choreographer and founder of many aura of modern dance, and America knows her effect on the impact of dance music in Stravinsky or Picasso or Frank Lloyd Wright in the paint compared to those in engineering

Graham, a powerful dancer and a choreographer and was unique. Language of her new choreography to the base and puts it to update the enthusiasm and salinity is due to be used in humans

His more than seventy years to pay the dancers and the choreography and the dancers was the first time in the White House did run, he was also the first as a dancer and cultural ambassador to travel abroad and also the first dancer country's highest medal of honor medal of freedom in the name of America in its own

Numerous honors throughout her life, including taking the key city of Paris to the worthwhile Japan won the crown

Alny Martha Graham was born in Pennsylvania in 1894. George Graham was a kind psychiatrist father. The doctor Graham Tbarany belonging to the third generation Irish had immigrated to America and his mother was Jane Byrz. Considering the income of their way of life had high levels of medical experience would. As far as doctor Graham even in the winter time for his wife brings strawberries.

Graham family of children by an Irish-born nurses were kept. Them in an upstairs family Pytzbrv were considered. Although the social conditions of life Martha makes her access to knowledge was a great girl, but as a doctor, considering the arts for the future, for he seemed very difficult

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In 1936 one of his most famous works called Chronicle (hist) launched its very beginning the modern era of contemporary dance in America knows. The important issues to dance on stage gained dramatically shaped the dramatic impact of the Great Depression stock market and Wall Street during the Great Depression was a time and isolated himself both on stage and showed the dancers on the clothes. In 1948, Eric Graham Hakyngz (Institute of dancers) who married was 15 years younger than himself. Although Graham to marry not as a principle but believes that after eight years living with Hakyngz found that married step Mnasbyst

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Graham actually hated the term modern dance and contemporary dance I would prefer the term. He believed the modern concept is constantly changing and can not be something Atlaqsh

Graham in his career by taking pictures or videos would stop taking their jobs. He believed alive and just run on stage and not differently. He even once all the memories and burns his notes to prevent their being seen. But there were a few exceptions, he limited the famous photographer Aymvjn Cunningham in 1930 and Barbara Morgan in the sixties, he also worked as a photographer Philip Halzmn "Dark Midway" the most complete collection of his works are the images selected

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In late 1960, he also would continue to dancers and aging form an increasingly turned to alcohol. The younger generation that he had heard legends of that definition so much about him they had been surprised. At this point the work based on his own dance group that was paid to run around him. Graham led to interest in dance critics, despite criticism that took him past Mydanstn still continue to run but when the voice of critics over the air before he went to the scene abandoned File:Http://www.paradoxmind.com/1302/Twenties/Martha Graham 1948.jpg

Honor those who see the implementation of the Graham Jvanysh years recognized that he had a precise and super dancer was on stage. Although she is also one of the most important dance projects and maybe even dancing on one of Twentieth Century artists he always loved her dancing that has grown to be remembered. In the years that were separated from the scene, Graham was deeply depressed due to the success of the visit was the choreography that he had designed, but by young dancers and even former husbands Hakyngz was performed. He Tvltmam these years to forget his pain turned to alcohol

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Graham designed dance even after his death due to pneumonia in 1991 remained at the scene. His body was cremated and the ashes in the mountains above the city of New Mexico Krystv broadcast

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Most Requested New York at the National Library that contains the names are related to dance are Martha Graham EdwardLane (talk) 08:31, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please delete the sentence about requests by New York public library users. Even if it were made precise enough to be meaningful and checkable, it would still be irrelevant and unimportant.

174.28.122.221 (talk) 06:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Already done —Tim Pierce (talk) 16:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

117.240.248.194 (talk) 12:24, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Not done: please specify request. Monkeymanman (talk) 14:13, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Is this really necessary or even encyclopedic? The first two quotes are presented without context, seemingly in their own section because they don't belong anywhere else (and therefore arguably don't belong at all). The rest of the quotes are just listed from publications and would likely be better off presented as part of some sort of critical reaction section.  Mbinebri  ^{talk ←} 12:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Google comment is very irrelevant.

Lferfga (talk) 13:16, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Already done Someone removed it. CTJF83 15:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please remove the reference to the Google Doodle in the introduction. It is hardly a significant event related to Martha Graham's life or history.

Gmichaelshields (talk) 13:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  Already done Someone removed it. CTJF83 15:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

hello - first time commenting on wiki talk page.

there are plenty of images of martha graham out there solo - is it so necessary to put one up of her with a dude? i'd like to see a picture of martha in her own right, not with some dude dancer's paws all over her. it's a page about HER, not HER AND GRABBY DUDE. you know?

182.177.14.94 (talk) 19:25, 11 May 2011 (UTC)nhakramReply

The article uses this image because it's freely reproducible. It's difficult to come by copyright-free photographs of people who are no longer living; if you know of some better pictures that can be used on Wikipedia, that would be great. —Tim Pierce (talk) 19:47, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

You can search sites like Flickr, Picasa etc. for any free images that can be used in the article. And either upload them to Wikimedia Commons ( http://commons.wikimedia.org ; the central media archive for Wikipedia ) and place them in the article if you can or if you find that too difficult suggest them here. The images have to be released under a free license such as the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license which allows complete reuse. S_peakF_ree (talk) 19:54, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I switched the photo's in the article around. Martha Graham solo in the lead, the other in the section mentioning the 1960s. S_peakF_ree (talk) 20:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Here's a curious sentence: "There were a few notable exceptions to her dances being taped. " Huh? There's nothing about her dances being taped before this sentence. It looks like this is a reference to some passage that has since been removed. From what follows, it looks like it was important. It should probably be restored. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 02:15, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Did Halston create the costumes for Persephone? John Link (talk) 17:35, 19 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes; see: Kisselgoff, Anna (October 15, 1987). "Ballet: Graham's Persephone". The New York Times. p. C23.. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 01:43, 20 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thank you. I've added the appropriate credit. John Link (talk) 22:48, 28 May 2021 (UTC)Reply