Many times I hear the phrase the dance of life. It is an expression that touches me deeply, for the instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived — the human body.
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Martha Graham was a 19th-century American dancer and choreographer. Martha Graham was an American modern dancer, teacher and choreographer responsible for creating the Graham technique. Read more on Wikipedia →

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