“To me, Martha Graham is one of America’s few authentic geniuses.” – Bette Davis

“To me, Martha Graham is one of America’s few authentic geniuses.” – Bette Davis

For Martha Graham’s Birthday: First: Joan Acocella wrote a wonderful profile of Graham for The New Yorker. I discussed it – and Graham – here. In researching this post, I came across a beautiful piece about the time Helen Keller visited Martha Graham’s studio, and joined the dancers at the barre. Helen Keller visits Martha Graham’s studio. (1954) Bette Davis studied with Martha Graham when she was a teenager attending the Robert Milton-John Mu…