Martha Graham
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Martha Graham was a pioneering American modern dancer and choreographer whose innovative techniques and emotionally driven works revolutionized 20th-century dance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martha Graham canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1062142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Graham Context triple: [Ted Shawn, taught, Martha Graham]
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A.
Ruth St. Denis
Ruth St. Denis was a pioneering American modern dance artist and choreographer who helped found the Denishawn School, profoundly influencing the development of modern dance in the early 20th century.
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B.
Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille was an influential American choreographer and dancer renowned for integrating character-driven, narrative choreography into mid-20th-century Broadway and ballet.
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C.
George Balanchine
George Balanchine was a pioneering 20th-century choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, renowned for shaping the style and repertoire of neoclassical ballet.
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D.
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief was a pioneering American ballerina of Osage heritage, celebrated as the first Native American prima ballerina and a leading star of the New York City Ballet in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Betty Comden
Betty Comden was an American lyricist, librettist, and screenwriter best known for her long-running Broadway and Hollywood collaborations with Adolph Green, creating classic musicals for stage and film.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martha Graham Target entity description: Martha Graham was a pioneering American modern dancer and choreographer whose innovative techniques and emotionally driven works revolutionized 20th-century dance.
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A.
Ruth St. Denis
Ruth St. Denis was a pioneering American modern dance artist and choreographer who helped found the Denishawn School, profoundly influencing the development of modern dance in the early 20th century.
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B.
Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille was an influential American choreographer and dancer renowned for integrating character-driven, narrative choreography into mid-20th-century Broadway and ballet.
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C.
George Balanchine
George Balanchine was a pioneering 20th-century choreographer and co-founder of the New York City Ballet, renowned for shaping the style and repertoire of neoclassical ballet.
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D.
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief was a pioneering American ballerina of Osage heritage, celebrated as the first Native American prima ballerina and a leading star of the New York City Ballet in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Betty Comden
Betty Comden was an American lyricist, librettist, and screenwriter best known for her long-running Broadway and Hollywood collaborations with Adolph Green, creating classic musicals for stage and film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American artist
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choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ modern dancer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Kennedy Center Honors
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Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| describedBySource | 20th-century dance history ⓘ |
| developed | Graham technique ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Graham ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
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dance ⓘ modernism in dance ⓘ |
| founded | Martha Graham Dance Company ⓘ |
| fullName | Martha Graham self-link ⓘ |
| genre | concert dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Martha ⓘ |
| influenced |
American theater dance
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contemporary dance ⓘ modern dance ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emotionally expressive choreography
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innovative modern dance technique ⓘ |
| movement | modern dance ⓘ |
| notableFor | revolutionizing 20th-century dance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Appalachian Spring
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Cave of the Heart ⓘ Chronicle ⓘ Clytemnestra ⓘ Deaths and Entrances ⓘ Errand into the Maze ⓘ Frontier ⓘ Heretic ⓘ Lamentation ⓘ Letter to the World ⓘ Night Journey ⓘ Primitive Mysteries ⓘ Seraphic Dialogue ⓘ |
| occupation |
choreographer
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dancer ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| significantContribution | establishing modern dance as a major art form ⓘ |
| style | dramatic expressionism in dance ⓘ |
| taught |
Martha Graham Dance Company
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surface form:
Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance
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| usedTechnique | contraction and release ⓘ |
| workFocus |
American frontier themes
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mythological themes ⓘ psychological themes ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (13)
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