Martha danced her last ballet in Cortege of Eagles at the age of seventy-six, after this performance she walked away from the stage primary aging had taken its toll, and her body had deteriorated to a point where she could no longer dance at all. During this time Martha slipped into a depression and she turned to alcohol to cope, it hospitalized her for a time, but she recovered and returned to the company. Although she could no longer dance herself she continued to choreograph and utilize the dancers in her company. This was something she found very difficult to create dances on someone else’s body, but it was something she learned to do for her love of dance. Although Martha was physically old I think she would have been considered to be