Question: The techniques of what American teacher were influenced much by choreographer Martha Graham?
Context: Stuart Hodes (born 1924) is an American dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, dance administrator and author.  He was Martha Graham’s partner, danced on Broadway, in TV, film, in recitals, and with his own troupe.  His choreography has appeared on the Boston Ballet, Dallas Ballet, Harkness Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and other troupes.  He taught at the Martha Graham School, Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC High School of Performing Arts, headed dance at NYU School of the Arts and Borough of Manhattan Community College.  He was Dance Associate for the NY State Council on the Arts, dance panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, president of the National Association of Schools of Dance, and a member of the First American Dance Study Team to China in 1980, returning in 1992 to teach the Guangzhou modern dance troupe. Vision of the Apocalypse was a modern dance created by Martha Graham to music by Hermann Reutter.  It premiered on April 14, 1929, at the Booth Theatre in New York City.  The occasion marked the debut of Martha Graham and Group, Graham's new concert ensemble and the predecessor to the Martha Graham Dance Company.  "Vision of the Apocalypse" was the first piece Graham choreographed for a large group. Moment Rustica was a Martha Graham ballet performed to the music of Francis Poulenc.  It premiered on April 14, 1929 at the Booth Theater in New York City.  The performance marked the debut of Graham's concert ensemble, Martha Graham and Group, the predecessor of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Horizons was a modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Louis Horst with a set designed by Alexander Calder.  It premiered on February 23, 1936, at the Guild Theatre in New York City.  "Horizons" was divided into four parts, two ensemble dances and two solos: "Migration: New Trails" (ensemble), "Dominion: Sanctified Power" (solo), "Building Motif: Homesteading" (solo) and "Dance of Rejoycing" (ensemble).  The ballet was performed by Martha Graham and Group, the predecessor of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Graham technique is a modern dance movement style and pedagogy created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991).  Graham technique has been called the "cornerstone" of American modern dance, and has been taught worldwide.  It is widely regarded as the first codified modern dance technique, and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton, and Paul Taylor. Judith is a solo work created by dancer/choreographer Martha Graham.  William Schuman composed the music.  Charles Hyman designed the original set, which was replaced almost immediately by one conceived by Isamu Noguchi.  He also added jewelry and a headdress.  Jean Rosenthal provided the lighting.  The piece premiered on January 4, 1950, at the Columbia Auditorium in Louisville, Kentucky. Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance is located in New York City and is the headquarters to the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance and the Martha Graham Dance Company, which is the oldest continually performing dance company in the world.  The School is focused on teaching Graham's technique; some of its faculty were trained by Graham herself. Hérodiade de Stéphane Mallarmé: Recitation orchestrale is a composition by Paul Hindemith written in June 1944 on commission from Martha Graham, supported by funds from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation.  The ballet premiered under the title of "Herodiade" (but had originally been titled "Mirror before Me") in the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington DC.  The premiere took place on 30 October 1944, sharing the program with Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and Darius Milhaud's "Jeux du printemps" (Graham's ballet title was "Imagined Wing"), with Martha Graham and May O'Donnell in the leading roles.  The choreography was by Martha Graham, stage design was by the Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, and costumes by Edythe Gilfond. Lester Horton (23 January 1906 – 2 November 1953) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Ron Protas is the former Associate Director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and heir of modern dance choreographer Martha Graham.
Answer: Lester Horton