MORGAN BARBARA (1900 1992) Martha Graham Letter to the Worl

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MORGAN, BARBARA (1900-1992)
"Martha Graham--Letter to the World (kick)." Oversized silver print, 16 5/8x22 3/8 inches (42.2x56.8 cm.), with Morgan's signature, title, and date, in pencil, on mount recto. 1940; printed circa 1980

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The title of Graham's dramatic modern ballet "Letter to the World" is actually a line from a poem by Emily Dickinson, around whom the dance was constructed. Dickinson's poetry was integrated into the performance and spoken by the dancers. However, given the abstract nature of Graham's work, no one character was meant to portray Dickinson: each dancer symbolized a different aspect of her personality.