Destined to Dance: A Novel about Martha Graham

ISBN-13: 9780983116493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 298 str.

Marcy Heidish

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DESTINED TO DANCE They called her a genius. They called her a goddess. They called her a monster. Which title best fits Martha Graham, iconic Mother of Modern Dance? Find out - in the first historical novel about this great American diva. DESTINED TO DANCE is a creative portrait of the legendary dancer and choreographer. Written by award-winning author Marcy Heidish, Martha Grahams story holds the spotlight - and the reader. Skillfully weaving fact and fiction, Heidish (A Woman Called Moses, etc.) offers another remarkable account of an American heroine: her successes, her sorrows, and her struggles. Here is a masterful portrait of Graham, onstage, back-stage, offstage. With literary grace and lively prose, the woman behind the icon is revealed. We see Grahams break-through brilliance, often compared to Picassos or Sravinsky. We also witness Grahams triumph over alcoholism, despair, and a failed marriage. Set against the intriguing world of dance, Martha Grahams story offers us a close-up on a complex and compelling overcomer. Martha Graham (1894-1991) invented a new "language of movement," still taught around the world and exemplified in such classic works as Appalachian Spring, among 180 others. The Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance tours widely and its current artistic director, a former Graham dancer, has contributed unique input to this novel. As always, Heidishs research is thorough and her sense of her subject is magical. For all who love the arts, all who seek inspiration, and all who like to read between historys lines, DESTINED TO DANCE is a must-read book.