Martha Graham is now woven as a central figure into the fabric of my faith … a saint and martyr in her lifetime. She gave her body and her spirit to the forces of mystery and gave birth to a series of physical truths that are some of the most beautiful, sculptured questions that the human body has ever posed.

And where is the dance in all this? The dance you dance, the dance I dance, the dance of our fathers, of the first men who achieved the vertical -- this dance is everywhere … in the gesture, too, that feels good for its own sake. And of course the dance of dances -- the act of love. Physical attraction leads us to embrace, touch, hug, shake hands. Mothers dance with their children. And animals and birds dance -- their energy makes movement instantly. The gap between movement and dance is narrow and highly charged with possibilities.

At the extreme end of dance is dance for its pleasure alone: folk dance, social dance, dance that unites communities, dance that unites two people, the act of dance when no words can match the moment.

David Earle journal, 1970s

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10	Operetta	1970		25	Waltz Suite	1975
11	Portrait	1970		26	Deux Épigraphes Antiques	1975
12	Pie Jesu	1970		27	L'Hôtel Splendide	1975
13	Balleto al Mio Bel Suon	1971		28	Vignette	1975
14	Legend	1971		29	Field of Dreams	1975
15	The Silent Feast	1971		30	Quartet	1976
16	Lyrical Solo	1972		31	Fauré Requiem	1977
17	Baroque Suite Duet	1972		32	Mythos	1977
18	Lament	1972		33	Courances	1978
19	Boat, River, Moon	1972		34	Sweet and Low Down	1978
20	Ray Charles Suite	1973		35	Time in a Dark Room	1979
21	Baroque Suite Finale	1973		36	Rejoice in the Lamb	1979
22	Atlantis	1973		37	Raven	1979
23	Bugs	1974		38	The Wedding Dance	1979
24	Parade	1974
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Susan Macpherson and Danny Grossman in Operetta,1970

Claudia Moore and Charles Flanders in the “Ruby” section of Ray Charles Suite,1973

Dennis (René) Highway, Clive Thompson, Claudia Moore in Mythos,1977