An animated Google Doodle on the search giant's homepage...

An animated Google Doodle on the search giant's homepage today celebrates what would have been the 117th birthday of dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.

The animation begins with a dancer on the far right of the homepage performing one of Graham's signature works. She morphs into another dancer and then another, until there are five figures spelling out the Google logo with their movement.

Graham was born in 1894 and is known for creating a completely new style of dance in the 1920s and 1930s. She started her own dance company in 1926 and created 181 dances throughout her life, until she passed away in 1991. Some of her most well-known works are charted in today's Google Doodle.

From, of all places, PC Magazine

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