graham technique

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What does graham technique mean?

A modern dance movement style and pedagogy based on the opposition between contraction and release and on the spiraling of the torso around the axis of the spine.

Where does graham technique come from?

Created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991).

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