Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life

by Russell Freedman

Martha Graham, the American dancer, teacher, and choreographer, revolutionized the world of modern dance. She possessed a great gift for revealing emotion through dance, expressing beliefs and telling stories in an utterly new way. Newbery Medalist Russell Freedman documents Martha Graham's life from her birth in 1894 to her final dance performance at the age of seventy-five and continued career as a choreographer until her death in 1991. Graham's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395746558
• ISBN13: 9780395746554
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

Martha Graham, a dancers life

It's a great book, I read it for my book report book, and i just absolutely loved it! It's great for kids over 9+. It teaches you the whole life story, and some people she worked with, including Liza Minnely, and Madonna. And her whole family, to her dad, mom, sisters, to her nanny, look inside this book for another persons life, that you just get lost in, when i read it, i thought i was there. Hope Ya Read It!!!!! Thanks.

Elegant Trio of Words, Pictures and Feelings

This book is a beautiful, concise study of her life. Studying Martha Graham's life is an awakening experience. Reading Graham's memoir "Blood Memory" simultaneously provides a beautiful counterpoint, knowing the subject will not observe herself in the same way as her biographer.I dance away from this book with a definite appreciation for Graham's brilliance in creativity and willingness to navigate the many rough patches she encountered AND give such a gift to humanity at the same time.The numbers of influential people she touched is amazing and enlightening.I suggest this book for any creative thinker: there are applications for all of us.

EXCELLENT!

This is a wonderful book and story. Being a dancer myself, I am very inspired. You'll enjoy Martha's "positive" attitude and wit throughout this story of the growth of a piece of history. Please, read this book, I recommend it!

Simple, and clear...

I am a former Graham Dancer, and when I saw this book, I had some very intense emotions, it shows Martha in her best years, the pictures are beautiful, some of them are very rare to see, and if you want to see the beauty, or the drama, of that Incredible American Woman, this is the book you need to own. As a Graham Based Dance Teacher, I use this book to show some intentions in the movement, or I simply quote her, I wish you a wonderful Journey in the world of Martha Graham...

a very captivating, discriptive book

Beautiful pictures and dates next to every event. decribes how martha was feeling when she wrote each dance and why she wrote them. It also decribes her life from when she was born until her death. I used it to write a report and a got an A.