"Every sound has its own form, its own weight and definition," stressed Spanish dance maker Nacho Duato by telephone last week. "The ballet is already there in the music; you just have to look for it.

Martha Graham's dance, Letter to the World, depicted the life of Emily Dickinson. Martha Graham played the role of Emily Dickinson. Little more than a half-mile separates the 19 th-century North Side ...

A recent biography dives into the choreographer's role as both an artist and figure of early American modernism. Martha Graham performing in 1962. (Photo by Jack Mitchell / Getty Images) Martha Graham ...

“Who’s Martha Graham?” After hearing the question for the third time, I figured that I should stop taking it for granted that everyone just knew. Widely considered the mother of modern dance — and ...