Martha Graham...Fantastic Dance Artist and choreographer....I was introduced to this amazing lady in my teens whilst studying dance history and I have been amazed since...legend x
You guys have to remember that back then no one had done these types of dance moves before. All of this later influenced on dance and modernized into what we see on TV today.
of course i knew Martha Graham before google take me to this video , but today is her birthday and i came here just to say....Happy Birthday Martha Graham...the best of the best!
I go to a performing arts high school and i am currently learning about Martha Graham in MODERN class and this piece is a modern piece. My teachers went to school for this. So I am sorry to burst YOUR bubble but this is Modern.
@mohsen2024 have you ever tried a class of graham??? its incredible hard to learn this contemporary technique you need lots of strenght and flexibility... Google celebrates this amazing woman because she changed the dance arround the world...
Mind you, this art form is for people connected with his or her feelings, not for the post-modern dryness of the soul. We all suffer of course, but there's a tendency to deny it. This dance embraces that fact.
PETER GLUSHANOK!!!! probably the greatest cinematographer of dance.... ever! Would that he'd been commissioned to photograph ALL the great works of Graham. But just to have this, and the Appalachian Spring.... superb. And this is one of William Schumann's best scores.
Alexander Hammid (Maya Deren's first husband) directed it, Peter was the cinematographer? I agree, this and Appalachian Spring are absolutely to best example of a dance created for the proscenium stage artfully interpreted through film.
@Herooftimex Look past the obvious and read the intro carefully. She is expressing the pain, depression and madness of the situation through dance. You'll get it, just have to pay close attention....this is an art.
Martha Graham was a link between ballet and modern. For example, 100% ballet would be the swan lake. groups like the ballet russe came after that (sacre de printemps etc.) dancers like Martha Graham came after the ballet russe which would then follow in the "full fledged" modern dance we see today.
Graham as an artist did not evolve from ballet, just the opposite, she and the other Modern Dance pioneers were rebelling against ballet. Ballet and Modern have been fusing much more the last 20 years, but Martha was part of a separate lineage.
Yay Google! You taught me bout the woman who invented psycho dance! :D lawl. Just kidding I read her bio and she is a very amazing woman(: I noticed a lot of her moves resembled to the break dancing that I do, So if it weren't for her I probably would be popping it to some sick dub step(: Thanks Martha Grahan! (&& goodle:P)(:
Thumbs up if you wouldn't have known there were gonna be "thumbs up if you already knew there were gonna be comments saying "thumbs up if google brought you here""
Anyone know what year this is from? Martha could not have been young, Amazing that she was still active and dancing at that age. This is a wonderful example of her style.
That was my first impression, but am I wrong thinking there is a little jazz in this too? Many of their moves remind me of stuff you see in West Side Story. Had to watch this for a humanities class, pretty interesting.
It's about Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother, unawares. This dance is Jocasta (the mother) reflecting on her life before she committs suicide upon learning the truth. ... I have to write a two page essay on this.. T_T
Ballet is a style and form of dance. You wouldn't call Jazz ballet? The characteristics of a form of dance is what makes it a style. Jazz. Ballet. Hip Hop. MODERN.
Martha Graham...Fantastic Dance Artist and choreographer....I was introduced to this amazing lady in my teens whilst studying dance history and I have been amazed since...legend x
You guys have to remember that back then no one had done these types of dance moves before. All of this later influenced on dance and modernized into what we see on TV today.
This is the most incredible piece of choreography that I have ever seen.
BEAUTIFUL. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE TO ITS FULLEST. THANK YOU MARTHA XXXX
that was breathtaking ... So vivid and strong.. wow..
You will never see something like this nowadays.This is fantastic
expression here is like flooding everything in its way !!!!! yesssss
If I were this athletic, I think that'll be totally the kind of dancing I'd do. I love these vivid and emotional moves.
of course i knew Martha Graham before google take me to this video , but today is her birthday and i came here just to say....Happy Birthday Martha Graham...the best of the best!
There's a reason I don't watch ballet...
And I wrote that before I saw Tiresias on his pogo stick.
that was the only part i really liked lol
The master.
Thanks for posting!
totally love this!!!!!
is great!!!!! Gracias Google por mostrarnos a tan genial exponente de la danza
Madonna used to dance with Martha Graham's group when she was in her twenties. Thank you for posting this video.
-------Ellen
She really isss the pioneer of modern and contemporary dance that we see now..
thnx google for enlightenin' us on things we never thought existed!!
I go to a performing arts high school and i am currently learning about Martha Graham in MODERN class and this piece is a modern piece. My teachers went to school for this. So I am sorry to burst YOUR bubble but this is Modern.
WOW I've searched all the performances that were in the google doodle and this one is my favorite along with lamentation
holy shit. that was so memorizing.
Google sent me here and I thank him for the first time because I know this great ballerina
روعة صراحتا ..it's really fantastic
Superb in every detail. And I see there's a recording of the score on Naxos -- that'll be a must-own disc!
google is the teacher who makes us find knowledge of history on our own!!
i never liked the dance, but this... oh my... her passion, amazing.
Google showed me Martha Graham as well...That`s really nice!
I admire the skill and talent that goes into something like this but godd god this creeeps me the hell out!
After know it is Martha Graham's 117th Birthday on google, i came here. the animation is freaking cool btw !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful :)
@mohsen2024 have you ever tried a class of graham??? its incredible hard to learn this contemporary technique you need lots of strenght and flexibility... Google celebrates this amazing woman because she changed the dance arround the world...
Mind you, this art form is for people connected with his or her feelings, not for the post-modern dryness of the soul. We all suffer of course, but there's a tendency to deny it. This dance embraces that fact.
this is beatiful
today i learn about martha grahan, thank google!
OMG!!! Call me whatever you want, but I have never seen something that bored me more than this one here!!!!
Paul Taylor as Tiresius! He is amazing!
PETER GLUSHANOK!!!! probably the greatest cinematographer of dance.... ever! Would that he'd been commissioned to photograph ALL the great works of Graham. But just to have this, and the Appalachian Spring.... superb. And this is one of William Schumann's best scores.
Alexander Hammid (Maya Deren's first husband) directed it, Peter was the cinematographer? I agree, this and Appalachian Spring are absolutely to best example of a dance created for the proscenium stage artfully interpreted through film.
WOW just WOW at power of Gogole!
Unfortunately I needed google to know such marvelous dancer.
Fortunately now I know her because of google!
Great VID! . . .
watching this hurts eyes and brain... this is no art this is pain...
Gorgeous dancing.
I want me one of them dresses. :(
I love todays google animation, but i think i love this more :)
this is not ballet this is modern dance and clearly if you dont know the difference between them its good that theres a reason you dont watch it
@Herooftimex
Look past the obvious and read the intro carefully. She is expressing the pain, depression and madness of the situation through dance. You'll get it, just have to pay close attention....this is an art.
Now I know why Sadako from "The Ring" gets under peoples skin ... Thank you Martha Graham
First time I see her... now, I feel home like...
me encanta de sobremanera...
Dance, Gender, and Culture?! Where at? As a recipient of a dual degree in dance and women's studies, that sounds like my kinda class! :)
enjoyed it...Thx google!
Which is the reason that Martha graham is seen as one of the mothers of modern dance.
Love the guy on the pogo stick.
Great!
Martha Graham was a link between ballet and modern. For example, 100% ballet would be the swan lake. groups like the ballet russe came after that (sacre de printemps etc.) dancers like Martha Graham came after the ballet russe which would then follow in the "full fledged" modern dance we see today.
Graham as an artist did not evolve from ballet, just the opposite, she and the other Modern Dance pioneers were rebelling against ballet. Ballet and Modern have been fusing much more the last 20 years, but Martha was part of a separate lineage.
Yay Google! You taught me bout the woman who invented psycho dance! :D lawl. Just kidding I read her bio and she is a very amazing woman(: I noticed a lot of her moves resembled to the break dancing that I do, So if it weren't for her I probably would be popping it to some sick dub step(: Thanks Martha Grahan! (&& goodle:P)(:
paso por aca, por una tarea del cole, que video tan viejo, WOW HACE 13 AÑOS
@KittyKillerKSimonel the best I've seen so far :)
Saww her cool animation thingy on google thought id watch this to see watch shes all about :) pretty cool
very nice!
Dieu Vo: It's a retelling of the legend of OEDIPUS REX, but from the view of Jocasta. The figure with the staff is Tiresias.
@tubertomp As the person said before, yes in 91, google actually said this is her 117th birthday, so yeah she was almost 100 when she died.
Happy Birthday Martha! 5/11/11. I heard about you today, thanks to Google! :-)
@rechevere
It says in the beginning credits!
bella danza
the first time I've known about this woman. Thanks to google :))
it's great that back then it didn't rly matter if you went out of sync :O
@TEAMOGANGER es la mejor cantante que existe! I love u mom moster
Thumbs up if you wouldn't have known there were gonna be "thumbs up if you already knew there were gonna be comments saying "thumbs up if google brought you here""
@tubertomp yes she did in 1991
Happy Birthday :)
4.16 is how I enter every room. For real.
lol when they started to wobble around on their knees XD
مشكوور كتيييير رووووووووعه تحيتي
siento que nace del vientre como la musica, bisceralmente, rompiendo mis esquemas de la danza clasica.
today's google homepage made me look her up :)
happy 117th birthday!
great!, but what is it about? can any1 tell me?!!!
does anyone know who the music composer is?
And that's how short shorts came into style
Hooray for Google educating us on the fine arts!
Haha...I am taking this course at Texas Woman's University. ^_^
Baby you were Born This Way :P I have a feeling the choreography in Lady Gaga's latest work was inspired by Martha.
@oktoberfest1984 Haha, yes i thought the same about that! She dances very amazing. I like it!
Anyone know what year this is from? Martha could not have been young, Amazing that she was still active and dancing at that age. This is a wonderful example of her style.
It reminds a little bit of the Indian dance O.O
i love the google picture
Wow this is soo cool! Except I was a little disturbed when that guy turned around and I saw his many thong type thing o.o
For those of you implying that this is ballet...
Do your research.
This is not ballet.
It is modern dance.
That was my first impression, but am I wrong thinking there is a little jazz in this too? Many of their moves remind me of stuff you see in West Side Story. Had to watch this for a humanities class, pretty interesting.
madnessssssssssss
@Ingretto Do you have two left feet by any chance?
It's about Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother, unawares. This dance is Jocasta (the mother) reflecting on her life before she committs suicide upon learning the truth.
... I have to write a two page essay on this.. T_T
Ignore trolls they don't even know what proper trolling is. But any way I love all forms of art and this one is so interesting!
@0195rainbow Lady Gaga's moves wouldn't exist without Martha Graham
That wasnt the entire video.
That's why it's called a clip.
@Preseid Sure^^
Ballet is a style and form of dance. You wouldn't call Jazz ballet? The characteristics of a form of dance is what makes it a style. Jazz. Ballet. Hip Hop. MODERN.
There was a post with 900+ thumbs up a few hours ago why did it get deleted?
i want to know how the sheet music looked like on this music oO
WELL AHEAD FOR HER TIME
thank you google
@diaz713919 ikr it looked soo kewl
thank you google :)