Devised, Theatre

What Was Once Ignored: The Life and Legacy of Martha Graham

Alma College Theatre and Dance

'Modern dance isn't anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America.' (Martha Graham). Martha Graham moved dance from an aesthetic primarily about pleasing the eye to one that explores the entire human experience: from ancient Greek myth to grief, upheaval, and war while focusing particularly on female lives. WWOI tells her story and examines how dance in the 20th century moved from cutesy chorus girls to the mature art form seen in the work of artists like Graham, Isadora Duncan, and Agnes DeMille.