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Contemporary Dancer
- has gathered a cult following among professional,
trained dancers and dance aspirants around the world and
is currently, one of the only dance styles that offer a
perfect blend of classical, modern, ballet, flamenco, jazz
and non-western dance elements.
She founded the Martha Graham Dance Company which is today the
oldest continually performing dance company in the world. The
company has till date trained many world famous dancers and
choreographers and has been recognized as "one of the seven wonders
of the artistic universe" by the Washington Post.
She was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, in 1987.