Martha Graham Bibliography

The following is a selected bibliography of prominent works — including books, magazine and journal articles, and scholarly essays — that mention Martha Graham.

Ackerman, Gerald. "Photography and the Dance: Soichi Sunami and Martha Graham." Ballet Review 12, no. 2 (Summer 1984): 32–66.

Acocella, Joan. "Early Spring." The New Yorker. 17–24 February 2003. 201–203.

Alderson, Evan. "Metaphor in Dance: The Example of Graham." Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings, pp. 111–118. Sixth Annual Conference, The Ohio State University, 11–13 February 1983.

Anderson, Jack. "Some Personal Grumbles About Martha Graham." Ballet Review 2 no. 1 (1967): 25–30.

Armitage, Merle, ed. Martha Graham. Los Angeles: Merle Armitage, 1937; reprint New York: Da Capo Press, 1978.

Armitage, Merle. Dance Memoranda. Edited by Edwin Corle. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1946. 55–58.

Bliss, Paula M. "A Natural Collaboration." Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings, pp. 82–87. Twelfth Annual Conference, Arizona State University, 17–19 February 1989. The collaboration of Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi.

Brown, Jean Morrison, ed. The Vision of Modern Dance. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Book Company, Publishers, 1979. 48–53

Carman, Joseph. "Graham Center Victory." Dance Magazine. November 2002. 20.

Coe, Robert. Dance In America. New York: Dutton, 1985. 134–153.

Cohen, Selma Jeanne. "The Achievement of Martha Graham." Chrysalis 11, mos. 5–6 (1958): 3–11.

Corey, Frederick Charles. "Principles for the Use of Stylized Movement During he Interpretation and Performance of Literature Based on Martha Graham's Use of Classical Tragedy in Modern Dance." Unpublished dissertation, University of Arizona, 1987. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1987. Order No. 872,6813. DAT 48–09A, p. 2193.

Costonis, Maureen Needham. "American Document: A Neglected Graham Work", Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings , pp. 72–81. Twelfth Annual Conference, Arizona State University, 17–19 February 1989.

Croce, Arlene. "Tell Me, Doctor." Ballet Review 2, no. 4 (1968): 12–18.

Dance Magazine 65, no. 7 (July 1991). A special memorial issue celebrating the art of Martha Graham. Feature articles: Joseph H. Mazo. "Martha Remembered" (pp. 34–45). Marian Horosko. "Martha's Prince" (pp. 46–47). Tim Wengerd. "Martha's Men" (pp, 48–52). Walter Sorell. "Martha and Myth" (pp. 53–55). "Martha's Dances: A Catalogue of Graham's Works from 1926 to 1990" (pp. 56–57). Gary Parks. "Martha Affirmed" (p, 58).

Daniel, Oliver. " Rite of Spring. First Staging in America: Stokowski-Massine-Graham." Ballet Review 10, no. 2 (Summer 1982): 67–71. An extract, in somewhat different form, from Oliver Daniel's Stokowski: A Counterpoint of View. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1982.

Dell, Cecily. "Random Graham." Dance Scope 2, no. 2 (spring 1966): 21–26.

de Mille, Agnes. Martha: The Life and Work of Martha Graham. New York: Random House, 1991

de Mille, Agnes. Dance to the Piper. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. 144–160

Dendy, Mark. "Graham's Season." Ballet Review 19, no. 1 (Spring 1991): 36–42

"Graham Without Graham, 1991." Ballet Review 20, no. 3 (Fall 1992): 29–35.

Dixon-Stowell, Brenda. "Ethnic and Exotic Aspects in the Choreography of Selected Works by Ted Shawn and Martha Graham." Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings , pp. 21–28. Seventh Annual Conference. Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 17–19 February 1984.

Fischer, Barry. "Graham's Dance 'Steps in the Street' and Selected Early Technique: Principles for Reconstructing Choreography from Videotape." Unpubished dissertation, New York University, 1986. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1986. Order No. 862,5670. DAT 47–10A, p. 3595.

Foreman, Donlin. Out of Martha's House. Foreword by Jacques d'Amboise. Italian translation by Elisa Rondoni. Rimini, Italy: Guaraldi/Nuova Compagnia Editrice, 1992. Bilingual: English/Italian.

Foster, Susan Leigh. Reading Dancing: Bodies and Subjects in Contemporary American Dance. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1986. 23–32

Fowler, Carol. Dance. Contributions of Women. Minneapolis, Minn.: Dillon Press, 1981. 28–51

Fraser, John. "Martha Graham: Into the Cool Lucid Light of a Seer." York Dance Review Issue #2 (Fall 1973): 23–29.

Gardner, Howard. "Martha Graham: Discovering the Dance of America." Ballet Review 22, no. 1 (Spring 1994): 67–93. Reprinted from Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham and Gandhi by Howard Gardner. New York: Basic Books, 1993.

Garfunkel, Trudy. Letter to the World: The Life and Dances of Martha Graham. Boston, New York, London, Toronto: Little Brown and Company, 1995.

Gibbs, Angelica. "The Absolute Frontier." The New Yorker 23, no. 45 (December 27, 1947): 28–32, 34–37.

Goldberg, Marianne. "She Who Is Possessed No Longer Exists Outside: Martha Graham's Rite of Spring." Women & Performance 3, no. 1/Issue #5 (1986): 17–27.

"Graham." Dance Magazine 48, no. 7 (July 1974). A four-part Dance Magazine Portfolio. Tobi Tobias, "The Graham Season: April 15-May 4, 1974" (pp. 44–45). Jean Nuchtern. "Martha Graham's Women Speak" (pp. 46–49). Doris Hering. "But Not For Clytemnestra: Comments on The Notebooks of Martha Graham " (pp. 52–55). Joel Shapiro. "Martha Graham at the Eastman School." (pp. 55–57).

"Graham, Martha." Current Biography Yearbook 1944: 251–253.

"Graham, Martha." Current Biography Yearbook 1961: 182–185.

Graham, Martha. Blood Memory. New York: Doubleday, 1991.

The Notebooks of Martha Graham. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.

Hall, Fernau. An Anatomy of Ballet. London: Andrew Melrose, 1953. Published simultaneously in the United States as World Dance by A.A. Wyn, New York. 141–149.

Hastings, Baird. Choreographer and Composer. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1983. [On cover: Choreographer and Composer: Theatrical Dance and Music in Western Culture.] 176–184.

Helpern, Alice. The Technique of Martha Graham. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan, 1994. Originally published in Studies In Dance History 2, no. 2 (Spring/Summer 1991).

Hodes, Stuart. "Three Brides in Spring." Ballet Review 18, no. 4 (Winter 1990–1991): 91–94.

Holder, Geoffrey. "Martha Graham: American Original." Show 3, no. 11 (November 1963): 86–87, 118–120.

Horan, Robert. "The Recent Theater of Martha Graham." Dance Index 6, no. 1 (January 1947).

Horosko, Marian, comp. Martha Graham: The Evolution of Her Dance Theory and Training 1926–1991. Pennington, N.J.: A Cappella Books, 1991.

Jackson, Graham. "The Roots of Heaven: Sexuality in the Work of Martha Graham." Dance Spectrum; Critical and Philosophical Enquiry , pp. 50–60. Edited by Diana Theodores Taplin. Waterloo, Ontario: Otium Publications; Dublin: Parsons Press, 1983.

Johnston, Jill. "Martha Graham: An Irresponsible Study.The Head Of Her Father." Ballet Review 2, no. 4 (1968): 6–12.

Jowitt, Deborah. "In Memory: Martha Graham, 1894–1991." The Drama Review 35, no. 4/T-132 (Winter 1991): 14–16

Kriegsman, Sali Ann. Modern Dance In America: The Bennington Years. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1981.

Leabo, Karl, ed. Martha Graham. New York: Theater Arts Books, 1961.

Leatherman, LeRoy. Martha Graham: Portrait of the Lady as an Artist. New York: Knopf, 1966.

Lepezyk, Billie, "Martha Graham's Movement Invention Viewed through Laban Analysis." Dance: Current Selected Research , Volume 1, pp. 45–64. Edited by Lynette Y. Overby and James H. Humphrey. New York: AMS Press, 1989.

Lloyd, Margaret. The Borzoi Book of Modern Dance. New York: Knopf, 1949. 35–76.

Magriel, Paul, ed. Chronicles of the American Dance. New York: Henry Holt, 1948. 238–259.

"Martha Graham (1894–1991)." Ballet Review 19, no. 3 (Fall 1991): 18–31. Reminiscences by Marian Seldes, May O'Donnell, Stuart Hodes and Francis Mason.

Martin, John. America Dancing: The Background and Personalities of the Modern Dance. New York: Dodge Publishing, 1936. 187–205.

American Modern Dancers: The Pioneers. Boston: Little Brown & Company. 1965. 105–125.

Mazo, Joseph H. Prime Movers: The Makers of Modern Dance in America. New York: William Morrow, 1977. 153–196.

McDonagh, Don. "A Chat with Martha Graham." Ballet Review 2, no. 4 (1698): 18–28.

McDonagh, Don. "Martha Graham." 1973.

Martha Graham: A Biography. New York: Praeger, 1973.

McGehee, Helen. "Working for Martha Graham." Dance Research 3, no. 2 (Autumn 1985): 56–64.

Morgan, Barbara. Martha Graham: Sixteen Dances in Photographs. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1941; 1st rev. ed. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan, c. 1980. This edition includes a "Complete chronological list of dances composed by Martha Graham from April 1926 to December 1980."

Moore, Lillian. Artists of the Dance. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1938. 298–303.

Muir, Jane. Famous Dancers. Famous Biographies for Young People. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1956. 89–97.

Noguchi, Isamu. "Noguchi: Collaborating with Graham." In Isamu Noguchi: Essays and Conversations , pp. 80–89. Edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona and Bruce Altschuler. New York: Abrams, in association with The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, 1994.

Oswald, Genevieve. "Myth and Legend in Martha Graham's Night Journey." Dance Research Annual XIV (1983): 42–49.

"A Vision of Paradise: Myth and Symbol in The Embattled Garden." Choreography and Dance 2, pt. 3 (1992): 27–37

Palmer, Winthrop. Theatrical Dancing in America: The Development of the Ballet from 1900. New York: Bernard Ackerman, 1945. 43–57.

Polcari, Stephen. "Martha Graham and Abstract Expressionism." Smithsonian Studies in American Art 4 , no. 1 (Winter 1990): 3–27.

Propper, Herbert. "Space/Symbol: The Spatial Concepts in Selected Dances of Martha Graham." Unpublished dissertation, University of Michigan, 1977. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1977. Order No. 77–26,338. DAT 38–06A, p. 3147.

Purcell, J.M. "Notes on Dark Meadow : In Print, On Tour." Ballet Review 5, no. 2 (1975–1976): 97–100.

Rogosin, Elinor. The Dance Makers: Conversations with American Choreographers. New York: Walker & Company, 1980. 25–40.

Sears, David. "Graham Masterworks in Revival." Ballet Review 10, no. 2 (Summer 1982): 25–34.

"Martha Graham: The Golden Thread." Ballet Review 14, no. 3 (Fall 1986): 44–64.

Shelton, Suzanne. "Jungian Roots of Martha Graham's Dance Imagery." Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings , pp. 119–132. Sixth Annual Conference, The Ohio State University, 11–13 February 1983.

Snyder, Diana Maria. "The Most Important Lesson for Our Theater." Ballet Review 10, no. 4 (Winter 1983): 7–20.

"Theater as Verb: The Theater Art of Martha Graham, 1923–1958." Unpublished dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1980. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1981. Order NO. 810, 8668. DAT 41–11A, p. 4545.

Soares, Janet Mansfield. Louis Horst: Musician in a Dancer's World. Durham, N.C. & London: Duke University Press, 1992.

Sorell, Walter, ed. The Dance Has Many Faces. Cleveland & New York: World Publishing, 1951. 170–181.

Stodelle, Ernestine. Deep Song: the Dance Story of Martha Graham. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1984.

"Graham: 'I Am A Dancer.'" Ballet Review 12, no. 3 (Fall 1984): 59–71. An extract from Deep Song: The Dance Story of Martha Graham. New York: Schirmer Books; London: Collier Macmillan, 1984.

Terry, Walter. Frontiers of Dance: The Life of Martha Graham. Women of America. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1975.

Terry, Walter. The Dance In America. Rev. ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1971; reprint New York: Da Capo Press, 1981. 83–99.

Tracy, Robert. "Noguchi: Collaborating with Graham." Ballet Review 13, no. 4 (Winter 1986): 9–17.

Tracy, Robert. "Goddess: Martha Graham's Dancers Remember." (1997)

Trowbridge, Charlotte. Dance Drawings of Martha Graham. New York: Dance Observer, 1945.

Aloff, Mindy. "Family Values: The Legacy of Martha Graham Dwindles." The New Republic. 11 September 1995.

Thomas, Evan. "An American Original." Newsweek. 30 July 2001

Wertheimer, Linda and Adams, Noah. "Profile: Dancers Call For The International Dance Community To Not Dance Martha Graham's Creations Until Dispute Is Settled At The Martha Graham Center." All Things Considered, NPR. 11 July 2000

Kauffman, Sarah. "Back on Their Feet: After Three Years In Legal Limbo, the Martha Graham Dance Company Leaps Into Action." The Washington Post. 27 January 2003

Edwards, Bob. "Profile: Martha Graham Dance Company to Begin First Official Season in Three Years." Morning Edition, NPR. 21 January 2003.

Gold, Sylviane. "Modern Phoenix/ As a season of her works draws to an end, the story of how Martha Graham's repertoire almost failed to rise again raises important questions about artistic legacies." Newsday. 31 January 2003.

Levine, Anna. "Movement Never Lies: Martha Graham Filled Her Dances With Emotion." Highlights for Children. 1 January 1997.

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