Martha Graham's major contribution to the art of dance was her introduction of a technique and a body of work that, far from depending on classical ballet, was remarkably different from it and highly original in its own right.
But while a classically trained dancer can learn the Graham technique quickly, a Graham dancer cannot subsequently acquire a classical technique. Yet the Graham technique has extended the range of movement available for those originally restricted to classical ballet.
By analogy, could it be that the Graham technique is to classical technique what digital drawing is to classical (traditional) drawing?
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