Martha Graham influence on choreography

Martha Graham has had an massive contribution towards my choreography in regards to the clear relationship to the floor and the gravity. There are two of her signature moves which I explore in my choreography which are contractions and strike pose. The graham contraction is used to show the emotional connotations of the nightmare content of frustration and fear. "Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it" This commutates a shattering destructive power to me through the story of dreams vs nightmares. For example, the movement of reaching the hand towards the feet emphasises the leaning towards looking for the good dreams and not the bad and anxious nightmares.

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