Grace Cornell Graff

Grace Cornell Graff
Born
Grace Cornell

1906
Chicago, Illinois
Died1992
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Known forDance
MovementModern dance
SpouseKurt Graff

Grace Cornell Graff (born Grace Cornell, 1906–1992), an American ballet and modern dancer, was part of a professional dance duo with her husband, Kurt Graff.[1] During the 1930s, the Graffs established a ballet company, Graff Ballet,[2] and founded the Little Concert House, a dance studio, dance theater, and home, in Chicago, Illinois.[3] In the late 1940s, the Graffs moved to Hopkinton, New Hampshire and turned a colonial home into an artists' colony.[4] The property was known as Meadow Hearth Theatre Art Center.[5]

  1. ^ "Modern Dance in Modern Setting". The Marshall Morning News. May 4, 1933. p. 4. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "3 Nov 1939, Page 5 - Dixon Evening Telegraph at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Dance Dottings". The Hagerstown Maryland Daily Mail. January 28, 1936. p. 4. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Hopkinton NH Conservation Land and Trails" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Musical Score". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. August 23, 1952. p. 7. Retrieved January 19, 2022.