Deborah Jowitt

"The definitive biography of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, one of the great American artists of the twentieth century"-- "In the pantheon of American modernists, few figures loom larger than Martha Graham. One of the greatest choreographers ever to live, Graham pioneered a revolutionary dance technique--primal, dynamic, and rooted in the emotional life of the body--that upended traditional vocabulary and shaped generations of dancers and...

This is a guide to today's most important dance-makers. Each entry includes a biographical section, a chronological list of works, a detailed bibliography and a critical essay, while the range of dance styles covered ranges from ballet to post-modern dance.