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In 1926, Martha Graham formed the Martha Graham Dance Company, which was founded on the principles of dance as inner expression. Therefore, she did not aspire for movement to be beautiful, as much of classical ballet demanded, but rather that it be significant. Many of her works dealt with explicitly sexual or violent themes, and Graham also worked extensively with the techniques of contraction and release. She often created works entirely from the roots upwards, including the costumes, music and choreography. She collaborated with and/or taught the foremost artists and dancers of her time, including dancers Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharpe, and Merce Cunningham, composer Aaron Copeland, and sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
Below, see a video of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, with a score written by Aaron Copeland.
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