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I want to make people feel intensely alive. I'd rather have them against me than indifferent.
Martha Graham
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Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
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Dancer
Music Pedagogue
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
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