The rare phenomenon of an American audience cheering a native interpretive dancer occurred in New York last season at the conclusion of Martha Graham's compelling Primitive Mysteries, a composition which has been called the most significant piece of choreography yet to come out of America. Born in Pittsburgh, Miss Graham received her only dance training under Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in Los Angeles, in whose company she later appeared as a soloist. Since branching out on her own in 1923, she has worked to evolve a dance of integrity of movement and idea, achieved with a simplicity and directness of means, with such success that she is now generally conceded the leading exponent of modern choreographic art.

Besides concerts in this country, Martha Graham has appeared as soloist with symphony orchestras under Stokowski and Sokolov