1894-192s

Graham was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA on May 11th, 1894, and moved to California as a child. In the 191s, Ruth Saint Denis's performance inspired her interest in dance. In 1916, she entered the Shawn Dance Company and Dance School to formally study dance.

In p>1925, Graham graduated and went to Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York as a dance teacher. Louis Horst, martha graham's close friend in Shawn Dance Company, has always supported her, who later became her partner and music teacher.

In p>1926, martha graham founded her own dance company, which was called "Martha Graham Dance Company". At that time, martha graham's unique modern dance also influenced some modern arts. Graham's subsequent performances established her position in modern dance, and developed Graham-style dance techniques, emphasizing contract &; Release), the income mainly uses the strength of abdominal contraction, while the release emphasizes more powerful extension. For example, controlling the stay before landing after the air jump, advocating that both male and female bodies can express worldly desires, and only the collective jumping steps of male dancers have become her classic representatives.

193s-195s

In p>1932, Graham successfully established the first bachelor's degree in dance at Bennington College. In 1951, martha graham opened a dance department at the famous Juilliard Conservatory of Music in new york.

Graham's dancing career went behind the scenes in the 195s. In 1948, martha graham established the Martha Graham Contemporary Dance Center, and Bethsabée de Rothschild, one of her former students, became martha graham's bosom friend. In 1965, Rothschild moved to Israel and founded the Batsheva Dance Company. So in Martha Graham Contemporary Dance Center, Graham became the first dance director, and devoted himself to cultivating the first generation of dancers, and also created many unique dance codes for Israeli groups.

After 196s

Her last stage performance was in the late 196s. After that, she devoted herself to choreography behind the scenes. Some comments on Graham pointed out that her choreography works in her later years were even more touching than her performances in her youth. Graham worked for choreography until her death in 1991.