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Freedom to a dancer means discipline. That is what technique is for -- liberation.

Martha Graham

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Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
Artist
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Costume Designer
Dancer
Music Pedagogue
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
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Mean
Dancer
Liberation
Technique
Dancing
Dance
Discipline
Freedom

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