Martha Graham

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5 total works indexed

1. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,392x

2. Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R

   · 2009 · cited 12,579x

3. The Sequence of the Human Genome

   · 2001 · cited 10,177x

4. Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

   · 2021 · cited 9,776x

5. ASSESSMENT OF COMA AND IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS

   · 1974 · cited 9,671x

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Quotes

• “We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.”
• “Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.”
• “I have spent all my life with dance and being a dancer. It's permitting life to use you in a very intense way. Sometimes it is not pleasant. Sometimes it is fearful. But nevertheless it is inevitable.”
• “I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each it is the performance of a dedicated set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes the shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes in some areas an athlete of God.”
• “To practice means to perform, in the face of all obstacles some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.”
• “I think the reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.”

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Key dates

Born

11 May 1894

Died

1 April 1991

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Martha

Family name

Graham

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Allegheny

Place of death

New York

Spouse

Erick Hawkins

Occupation

film director

Employer

New York University

Languages spoken

English language

Student of

Ted Shawn

Field of work

dance

Official website

marthagraham.org

Image

Martha Graham, seated, c. 1940 (cropped).jpg

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