Status
Available
Publication
New York : Doubleday, 1991.
Description
The innovative choreographer describes her childhood, her days with the Denishawn Dance Company, her tragic marriage, her own company, and her work with such artists as Chaplin, Louise Brooks, Aaron Copland, and Margot Fonteyn.
User reviews
LibraryThing member picardyrose
A little pretentious, but then she was Martha Graham and I was no one.
LibraryThing member RoyHartCentre
Posthumous work, a kind of tell all, not well written or that well organized. However the information, sometimes unreliable (e.g. being a neighbor of A. Dreyfus in Santa Barbara), sheds light on the dominant figure of American Dance in the 20th century. Good read if not only for the gossip.
LibraryThing member johnbakeronline
I finished reading Blood Memory, the Martha Graham autobiography. I've got the Sceptre edition with many wonderful photographs from her career. A full and fascinating life is described, not without its moments of heartbreak and poignancy. The woman's wit comes through with a real immediacy and
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throughout the text her love of dance and the human body is ever present. Show Less
LibraryThing member carterchristian1
Facinating photographs, not especially interesting otherwise.