Foreword : a poem / Donlin Foreman -- Introduction / Alice Helpern -- Martha Graham's early technique and dances : the 1930s, a panel discussion / Alice Helpern -- The dance theater pieces of the 1940s : a conversation with Jean Erdman and Erick Hawkins / Alice Helpern -- The Orient in America : fertile soil for Martha Graham / Mark Wheeler -- The role of Martha Graham's notebooks in her creative process / Nolini Barreto -- An opportunity lost / Helen McGehee -- Martha Graham : a selected bibliography / Leslie Getz -- Afterword : a poem / Donlin Foreman.