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Appalachian Spring is an American ballet created by the choreographer Martha Graham and the composer Aaron Copland, later arranged as an orchestral work.Commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Copland composed the ballet music for Graham; the original choreography was by Graham, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and sets by Isamu Noguchi.
Aaron Copland’s score to Martha Graham’s classic ballet offered the gift of simplicity, an evocation of open landscape and, most important, of spiritual renewal. Its promise of a new life ...
It is a modern dance, which is very different. Martha Graham is one of THE names in the early history of modern dance. Tasedjebbast 06:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)Tasedjebbast . I believe you are splitting hairs. Appalachian Spring has always been described as a ballet, even by Copland himself (even in its earliest draft stages, he called it a ...
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) [1] was an American modern dancer and choreographer, whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. [ 2 ] Graham danced and taught for over seventy years.
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The word winter comes from an old Germanic word for “time of water, ... The word “fall” refers to the falling leaves, a hallmark of the season. According to Merriam-Webster, the word autumn ...
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It's hailed as one of the greatest works of fiction to emerge from Africa. But Things Fall Apart was written in English, sparking debate about the colonisation of language.