The season's choicest esthetic turnout packed a Manhattan theater last week. Next morning the dance critics of the New York Times and Herald Tribune beat their gloved hands together and hurled nosegay adjectives. Martha Graham, after an absence of more than a year, had scored again on Broadway.
Many conservative dance enthusiasts regard Martha Graham as a dangerous revolutionist. Tired businessmen, when there are any present, find her intricate, concentrated dancing anything but relaxing. But most balletomanes agree that she is the ranking U.S. dancer and one of the most gifted of modern...
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