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Martha Graham

American dancer and choreographer1894 to 1991

Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Teachers and mentors2

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ruth St. Denis
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ted Shawn

Taught17

Wikidata's "student of" and "student" statements: a line of training beside the lineage, never a thesis supervision and never counted with one.

a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bessie Schonberg
born 1906
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Anna Sokolow
born 1910
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
James Starbuck
born 1912
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Gertrude Lippincott
born 1913
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Muriel Sharon
born 1918
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Edith Stephen
born 1919
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Faith Reyher Jackson
born 1919
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Ruth E. Grauert
born 1919
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Vera Embree
born 1921
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Marian Seldes
born 1928
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Silvianna Goldsmith
born 1929
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Bill Smith
born 1933
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Patricia Brooks
born 1933
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
John R. Hawkins
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Yvonne Rainer
born 1934
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Anne-Marie Reynaud
born 1945
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Nancy Lang

Education and career3

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1916 to 1923
Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts
studied
undated
Santa Barbara High School
studied
undated
New York University
worked

At a glance

known as: ballet dancer, choreographer, music educator, ballet master, costume designer, dancer, film director
fields: dance
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1932, National Medal of Arts, Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1976, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2015, Capezio Dance Award, 1960, Kennedy Center Honors, 1979, Council of Fashion Designers of America, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Laurel Leaf Award
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Wikipedia: in 57 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere6

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaMartha Graham
stated by WikidataWikidataQ487604
stated by WikidataVIAF97863086
stated by WikidataGND118718363
stated by WikidataIdRef030264502
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121447360

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q487604,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Martha Graham: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q487604},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Martha Graham: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q487604