Author:
Jowitt, Deborah, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
Descriptionix, 465 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:From coal-fed Allegheny to Santa Barbara's ocean -- Denishawn days: learning from Miss Ruth and Ted -- Dancing on Broadway, becoming a teacher -- Embarking on a choreographic career -- Taking on New York, modernism, and Nietzsche -- From Rite of Spring to a Seattle school -- Primitive mysteries and the birth of modern dance -- Creating dances for plays -- Summering in Bennington, forging Frontier -- Working through war and love; Erick arrives -- Enter the men -- Making plays dance -- Springtime in Appalachia and a darker journey -- An errand through the meadow, the maze, and the heart's cave -- Angels at play and two Christian heroines -- Traevling into Asia and onward without Erick -- To combat the onslaught of aging -- Choreography as meat and drink -- Afterword.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-443) and index.
Note:"The definitive biography of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, one of the great American artists of the twentieth century."-- Provided by publisher.
