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Teacher's wisdom: former Martha Graham dancer Marni Thomas, co-founder of the dance department at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke to writer Ann Murphy at the university's dance studios.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Teacher's wisdom: former Martha Graham dancer Marni Thomas, co-founder of the dance department at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke to writer Ann Murphy at the university's dance studios.(This month)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
IS THERE A PARTICULAR BODY TYPE OR KIND OF DANCER REST SUITED TO GRAHAM WORK? NO, I don't think so. Martha really felt every spiral had to be experienced by how far that particular body could turn. Every contraction had to do with the length of your body compared to the length of your thigh, or how stretched your spine was. So, for her, the contraction was not one shape that looked like a C. It was: This person's body goes this way; this person's body twists that far; this person's body tilts to this degree. A spiral is important but only if it looks like you are constantly turning, not like you've squished yourself to the edge. The same thing is true for the contraction, which people seem to think is a troll all hunched up. It's not. It's based on mobility.

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