What is Martha Graham?
[[File:Martha Graham 1948 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Martha Graham''' (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an [[Americans|American]] [[modern dance]]r and [[choreographer]]. Her influences on modern dance are usually compared with the influence [[Picasso]] had on the modern visual arts. She was the first dancer to perform at the [[White House]]. She got a [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. She danced and choreographed for more than seventy years. Graham was born in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She died at age ninety-six from [[pneumonia]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Photograph of Martha Graham's Heretic by Soichi Sunami.jpg|Martha Graham in Dance Magazine 1929. File:Martha Graham and Bertram Ross.jpg|upright|Martha Graham and Bertram Ross 1961. File:Martha Graham Bertram Ross 1961.jpg|Martha Graham and Bertram Ross. </gallery> ----- {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Martha}} [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:Ballet dancers]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Actors from Pittsburgh]] [[Category:1894 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]]