Happy Birthday, Martha Graham!
I love what Google did in celebration of Martha Graham today – check out http://www.google.com today only to view it live, or check out the YouTube clip below.
I also love The Story Behind the Graham Google Doodle that the Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance posted on their website! I’m not sure how long this will be up for, so be sure to check it out today if you can. Also, here are two short quotes by Martha Graham (you can find a bunch more here):
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
And I love this one:
I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one’s being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God. Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
Happy Birthday, Martha Graham!
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