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Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Company has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, Covent Garden, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at the base of the Great
Pyramids of Egypt and in the ancient Herod Atticus Theatre on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Martha Graham choreographed 181 works in her lifetime. Among these are such well known ballets as Heretic (1929), Lamentation (1930), Primitive Mysteries (1931), Frontier (1935), Deep Song (1937), El Penitente (1940), Letter to the World (1940), Deaths and Entrances (1943), Appalachian Spring (1944), Cave of the Heart (1946), Errand into the Maze (1947), Night Journey (1947), Diversion of Angels (1948), Seraphic Dialogue (1955), Clytemnestra (1958), Embattled Garden (1958), Phaedra (1962), Frescoes (1978), Acts of Light (1981), The Rite of Spring (1984), Temptations of the Moon (1986), and Maple Leaf Rag (1990). Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, having danced from the Company's inception until the late 1960's, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance's most illustrious performers and choreographers. Former members of the Company include Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang, Elisa Monte, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donlin Foreman and Pascal Rioult. Among celebrities who have joined the Company in performance are Mikhail Baryshnikov, Claire Bloom, Margot Fonteyn, Liza Minnelli, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, and Kathleen Turner. The Martha Graham Dance Company has commissioned works from Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson, Susan Stroman, Lucinda Childs, and Maurice Béjart, which have been enthusiastically received by audiences and critics worldwide. The Martha Graham Dance Company even numbers among its alumnae one Betty Bloomer, who, after dancing with the Company in 1938, became better known as First Lady Betty Ford. "One of the great companies of the world," according to Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic of The New York Times, the Martha Graham Dance Company has been lauded by critics throughout the world. Kriegsman of the Washington Post referred to the Company as "one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe," while Los Angeles Times critic Martin Bernheimer noted, "They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic." Ismene Brown of The Daily Telegraph, London, touted the Martha Graham Dance Company's performance as "Unmissable," and for Donald Richie of Japan Times
these dancers were "Graham's perfect instrument." Artistic Director: Janet Eilber
We’re excited to share that this year’s Studio Series schedule is OUT!
The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Studio Series is a portal into the rehearsal magic leading up to our Company season. Open rehearsals of new works, Graham works, and other special pieces like Agnes De Mille’s RODEO (seen above) take place at the Martha Graham Studio Theatre, with live streams available on our Patreon. Check it out! → marthagraham.org/events
Our performance tonight at coming at you like…
This evening through August 20, our amazing dancers (like Xin Ying and Alessio Crognale-Roberts in the video) will perform Martha Graham’s ERRAND INTO THE MAZE and CAVE OF THE HEART, along with the electrifying CAVE by Hofesh Shechter at the Ted Shawn Theatre. We hope to see you there! Learn more at marthagraham.org/events
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Artistic Director Janet Eilber met with Dance Informa Magazine to discuss the Martha Graham Dance Company's three-year centennial celebration, GRAHAM100.
Check out the interview here! ->
Dance Informa speaks with Janet Eilber, artistic director of Martha Graham Dance Company, about the company's centennial celebration.
The Martha Graham Dance Company is having a Cowgirl Summer 🤠
For the past few weeks, our amazing dancers have been in rehearsal for Agnes de Mille’s unforgettable RODEO (1942), a featured piece in our 2023-2024 season of “American Legacies.” Above, Laurel Dalley-Smith dances the role of the Cowgirl, a funny, persistent, lovable outcast whose movement is rich with Americana gesture. Reminds us of a certain Martha 😉
Stay tuned for more RODEO insights and peeks into this season of “American Legacies”!
Let’s take a peak into Martha Graham’s ERRAND INTO THE MAZE. This 1947 piece tells the story of Ariadne in the Labyrinth as she confronts a lurking Minotaur, eventually defeating the “Creature of Fear” during her mystical journey into the self.
Enjoy this 2022 excerpt, danced by Xin Ying and Alessio Crognale-Roberts!
Martha Graham Dance Company in Hofesh Shechter's CAVE. Photo by Chris Jones.
APRIL 6-10 | City Center Dance Festival...The WORLD PREMIERE of CAVE by Hofesh Shechter and co-produced by Danill Simkin ☆ Tickets at marthagraham.org/ccdf
The MGDC in China, 2023
The Martha Graham Dance Company is touring in China this month for this first time in 5 years. Photographer Shi Ren captured these photos of our first stop in Beijing and Shanghai last week, and we're obsessed!
While in Beijing, dancers Xin Ying and Lloyd Knight attended a press conference covered by China Daily, which you can read here -> enapp.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202306/10/AP6483e3e3a31092fbf91c6332.html
After Beijing, the Company made their way to weekend performances in Shanghai, where they performed Appalachian Spring, Immediate Tragedy, and Canticle for Innocent Comedians. Tomorrow, the Company heads to Guangzhou for the final leg of our Chinese tour. 🤩 Follow us on Instagram and Patreon!
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6.11-12 Poly Shanghai City Theatre, Shanghai
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6.16-17 Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/arts/dance/martha-graham-company-announces-celebrations-for-100th-anniversary.html
This just in! The New York Times has announced our plans for the Martha Graham Dance Company's 100th birthday. For the next 3 seasons, we'll be commemorating a century of Graham with programs that "accentuate the eras that the Company has been through," says Artistic Director Janet Eilber.
Read more in the article below!
Starting in fall, the company will present a three-year celebration featuring Graham classics and a new work by Jamar Roberts.
The Summer Intensive at the Martha Graham School is HERE! For more information, visit marthagraham.edu/summer-intensive/ 💃
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Martha Graham Company dancer Anne Souder recently shared her best food-waste conscious recipes with Dance Magazine, and we can't get enough 😍 click below to read more!
In 2020, Anne Souder made a New Year’s resolution to create less food waste—and it stuck. The Martha Graham Dance Company soloist continues to work toward this goal by finding creative ways to repurpose leftover ingredients.
🍎🐚👯Meet the Graham School 2023 Summer Intensive teaching staff!
Our Summer Intensive classes are taught by 🤩🤩 world-class dance professionals, including current and former Martha Graham Company dancers. Learn more about the Graham School Summer Intensive and enroll now at marthagraham.edu!
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WE'RE HIRING a Company Manager to tour the US and world with the Graham Company, coordinate logistics with production, and provide administrative support to the Artistic Director. APPLY NOW at
OPEN POSITIONS Company Manager, Martha Graham Center The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance is committed to maintain a dance company, staff, School and Board of Trustees that directly reflect the diverse population of our country, and to cultivate an equally diverse audience. The
Martha Graham's EVERY SOUL IS A CIRCUS (1939) takes us into the imagination of a self-absorbed woman who sees herself as the star of the circus. For our April Studio Series event, we hosted an open rehearsal of the work with behind-the-scenes insights from Artistic Director Janet Eilber and the Graham Company Dancers.
This weekend, we'll be sharing this Studio Series for our May Martha Matinee! Martha Graham Archives Director Joyce Herring will host a live chat on Saturday May 20 starting at 2:30pm, LIVE-STREAMED from the MARTHA GRAHAM CENTER, NYC!
Join our Matinee Access Insider Tier on patreon.com/marthagrahamdance to watch this Matinee, and many more to come!
This weekend, the Martha Graham Dance Company takes its seat at the table with the Long Beach Opera for a 2-night production of THE FEAST.
Artistic Director Janet Eilber gives some insight to the LA Dance Chronicle on this exciting, unprecedented event. Read below!
Founded in 1979, the Long Beach Opera (LBO) has become known for pushing the boundaries of opera productions. During the pandemic, for example, in March of 2021 the company premiered the dark opera Les Enfants Terribles with music by Philip Glass on the 3rd level of a Long Beach shopping mall parkin
🍽 THE FEAST is happening in just under two weeks and is SOLD OUT!
Presented in partnership with Elizabeth Segerstrom and the Henry T. & Elizabeth Segerstrom Foundation, THE FEAST is a glorious, decadent, immersive experience featuring wide-ranging operatic and orchestral works from Handel’s repertoire in an evening-length experience that merges opera, dance, theater, and cuisine.
Co-created and directed by LBO Artistic Director & Chief Creative Officer, James Darrah, co-created and choreographed by MGDC’s Janet Eilber, musically directed by Andrew McIntosh, and performed by an incredible cast featuring Jakub Józef Orliński, Anna Schubert and Carlis Shane Clark.
Additionally, in our partnership with the Martha Graham Dance company, four amazing dancers will be joining the cast featuring Xin Ying, Leslie Andrea Williams, Lloyd Knight and Anne Souder.
Staged as an immersive, genre-defying experience between two locations, THE FEAST brings together seven of Greek mythology’s most storied and volatile characters for a hedonistic banquet that reimagines some of antiquity's most enduring stories.
🔗 More info about THE FEAST at longbeachopera.org/the-feast
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTHA GRAHAM! Enjoy this Zodiac Analysis of the High Priestess of Modern Dance 🤩
At the Martha Graham School, former Company dancer Denise Vale leads Advanced Graham Technique classes with a keen eye for passion.
Watching Denise work with students makes you realize she looks for something special in a dancer's combinations and exercises. A mastery of the Graham technique is one thing, but a fundamental understanding of the passion that the Graham technique expresses...that's essential to Denise's teachings.
We share a lot of special moments from class, rehearsal, and performances at
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MONTCLAIR, NJ 📚🌳☀️ This Saturday! Join Graham biographer and our friend Neil Baldwin at the Montclair Literary Festival / Legendary Artists panel for what promises to be a fascinating conversation! Neil will be joined by Aiden Levy ("Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins") and D.T. Max ("Finale: Late Conversations with Steven Sondheim").
➡️2:15 - 3:15pm at the First Congregational Church
WE'RE HIRING! 💼
The Martha Graham Center seeks a Company Manager to manage a complement of 15-20 dancers, coordinate logistics with production, provide administrative support to the Artistic Director, participate in the general management of the Center, and tour domestically and internationally with the Martha Graham Dance Company.
This is a full-time mid-level position with benefits including paid vacation and health insurance. Salary range, $55,000-$60,000. Travel required. The Company Manager reports to the General Manager.
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OPEN POSITIONS Development Associate, Martha Graham Center Production Supervisor, Martha Graham Center The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance is committed to maintain a dance company, staff, School and Board of Trustees that directly reflect the diverse population of our
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THAT'S A WRAP!
Sunday night, our 2-week run at the iconic Joyce Theater came to a close. Our final performance was of Hofesh Shecter's CAVE, following Martha Graham's EVERY SOUL IS A CIRCUS, and Annie Rigney's GET UP, MY DAUGHTER.
Now, we enter a summer schedule of rehearsing and touring, with the occasional vacation escape from time to time. Some things you can look forward to:
- Company Interviews
- Excerpts from our 2023 Joyce season
- Rehearsal sneak peaks
STAY TUNED!
What does a sensory-friendly performance look like? We’ll show you!
Today, the Martha Graham Dance Company held a sensory-friendly student matinee, which meant the performance accommodated those with sensory processing difficulties. House lights are slightly raised and music is slightly lowered to create an accessible performing arts experience.
As you can see, creating sensory safety in The Joyce Theater bore a collaborative spirit. Here we have Lorenzo Pagano with our Artistic Director Janet Eilber, demonstrating a gesture to the Sun from CANTICLE FOR INNOCENT COMEDIANS to our audience. The demonstration was followed by Lorenzo’s beautiful, warming solo “Sun,” choreographed by Sonya Tayeh ☀️
Come see the entirety of CANTICLE FOR INNOCENT COMEDIANS tonight at 8PM, Saturday at 2 PM, and Sunday at 2PM. Tickets at marthagraham.org/joyce2023 🎟️
Some BTS goodies from our 97th Season at the Joyce Theater~
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Thank you ALL ARTS for this amazing interview with this season's guest choreographers, Annie Rigney and Amadi Baye Washington and Sam Asa Pratt of Baye & Asa 🤩 read at the link below!
Choreographers Annie Rigney and Baye & Asa offer a peek into the creation of their new commissions for Martha Graham Dance Company.
Thanks for the review StageBuddy! 🤩 https://stagebuddy.com/dance/dance-review/review-martha-graham-dance-company
Erin Kahn writes, "from now until April 30th, the Martha Graham Dance Company is preserving and furthering [Martha's] legacy by demonstrating just how powerful, thrilling, and transcendent the art form can be when helmed by visionary choreographers and performed by inspired dancers."
Tickets to see what all the buzz is about marthagraham.org/joyce2023/ 🎟
Martha Graham is one of the most foundational figures in modern dance, and at the Joyce Theater, from now until April 30th, the Martha Graham Dance Company is preserving and furthering her legacy by demonstrating just how powerful, thrilling, and transcendent the art form can be when helmed by visio...
Yesterday, our matinee show of Program A sold out! We got a clip of the full house filling up, and the anticipation for Dark Meadow Suite, Annie Rigney's Get Up, My Daughter, Baye & Asa's Cortege 2023, and Cave of the Heart is palpable.
We have just 1 week left at the Joyce Theater for our 2023 Company season! 🎟 Find tickets at marthagraham.org/joyce2023/ and stay tuned for more Joyce season BTS on patreon.com/marthagrahamdance !
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https://neilbaldwinbooks.com/2023/04/21/an-illuminating-curtain-chat-at-the-joyce-theater-in-nyc/
"Janet spoke with burnished assurance of the Company’s dedicated mission to new choreographic voices inspired by the magisterial incantations of Martha Graham; Leslie shared her transcendent state of mind when she is in full-on movement immersion, driven by the spectators’ enthusiasm; and Lloyd paid heartwarming tribute to the family-feeling, mutual support and generous note-sharing of the ensemble to which he has belonged for eighteen years."
Yesterday was Day 2 at the Joyce Theater, where our amazing dancers performed Program B to a full house. This clip is from rehearsal of Martha Graham's EMBATTLED GARDEN (1958), one of yesterday's performance pieces featuring Lorenzo Pagano as the Stranger, Leslie Andrea Williams as Lilith, Xin Ying as Eve, and Lloyd Knight as Adam. Enjoy!
Tickets to the Martha Graham Dance Company's 97th season are available at marthagraham.org/joyce2023/ 🎟
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Last night, Martha Graham Dance Company's 97th season opened at the Joyce Theater. Our amazing dancers performed Martha Graham's DARK MEADOW SUITE and CAVE OF THE HEART alongside the WORLD PREMIERE of CORTEGE 2023 by Baye and Asa and GET UP, MY DAUGHTER by Annie Rigney to a full house.
Tonight is our Curtain Chat with Artistic Director Janet Eilber, Company dancers Lloyd Knight and Leslie Andrea Williams, and moderator Neil Baldwin, author of MARTHA GRAHAM: WHEN DANCE BECAME MODERN. Join us for an exciting discussion on the works for tonight's performance: EMBATTLED GARDEN, CORTEGE 2023, and CANTICLE FOR INNOCENT COMEDIANS.
If you can't make it, don't worry - we'll be here until April 30th. Come check us out! Tickets at marthagraham.org/joyce2023 🎟
We're thrilled to have guest choreographer Annie Rigney join us for our 97th Company season. Her new work GET UP, MY DAUGHTER, premieres tomorrow on our opening night at The Joyce Theater. Cecilia Whalen, a Martha Graham School student and writer at the Fjord Review, sat down with Annie to explore new piece, along with her career, inspiration, and more.
Read the article here:
This striking scene comes from emerging choreographer Annie Rigney's “Galithea,” which was selected for presentation at the Joyce Theater
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“'The body never lies,'” said Martha Graham. Truth is a tonic and it was Graham’s mantra. She built a modern dance style based on truthful bodies, powerfully pure. The company brings four programs to the Joyce Theater and they contain a number of Graham classics—'Cave of the Heart', 'Embattled Garden'—as well as new works."
The Martha Graham Dance Company returns to The Joyce in New York City, promising brand new choreographies alongside the much-loved Graham classics.
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→Get your tickets NOW at marthagraham.org/ccdf A visceral work of kinetic power, Hofesh Shechter’s CAVE brings a community of dancers together to explore the place where the club experience meets the stage. Conceived by ballet star Daniil Simkin, who joins the Graham cast, CAVE takes us on a journey of shared energy, described in this clip by Graham star So Young An
Created in 1936, Martha Graham's "Chronicle" was a response to the menace of fascism in Europe. See this masterwork LIVE April 6-10 at City Center Dance Festival → APRIL 6-10 at City Center Dance Festival → GET 20% OFF TICKETS with code DMGRAHAM at marthagraham.org/ccdf
Martha Graham + Sonya Tayeh + Alleyne Dance + Sir Robert Cohan + Jenn Freeman + Juliano Nunes + Micaela Taylor + Yin Yue + music by Jason Moran ★ The extraordinary collaboration 'Canticle for Innocent Comedians' → APRIL 6-10 at City Center Dance Festival ★ Get 20% OFF TICKETS with code: GRAHAMFRIEND at marthagraham.org/ccdf
Heralded as "shining and joyous", the collaborative masterwork "Appalachian Spring" has been called “a testimony to the simple fineness of the human spirit.” Don't miss this timeless Graham classic - APRIL 6-10 at City Center Dance Festival → GET 20% OFF TICKETS with code GRAHAMFRIEND at marthagraham.org/ccdf
Get 20% OFF TICKETS with code: GRAHAMFRIEND at marthagraham.org/ccdf Devoid of theatrical trappings, Martha Graham's "Ritual to the Sun" celebrates the dancer as an exquisite instrument of expression. See this masterwork LIVE one night only! → APRIL 7 at City Center Dance Festival ☀ #marthagraham #halston #amazingdancers #actsoflight
JASON MORAN LIVE APRIL 6 ONLY!! Get your tickets while they last a marthagraham.org/ccdf There’s even a DISCOUNT CODE: DMGRAHAM for 20% off! #marthagrahamdancecompany #amazingdancers #nottibemissed #thefirstandthefuture #marthagraham #genius #jasonmoran #newdance #dancer
THIS SATURDAY 🔆 April 2 at 2:30pm (eastern time) - Join us for Martha Matinees: 'Acts of Light' 🔆 Devoid of theatrical trappings, 'Acts of Light' celebrates the dancer as an exquisite instrument of expression, while making references to earlier works in the Graham canon. We’ll livestream a complete performance featuring today’s Graham stars, filmed during our Spring Tour stop in Reno just a few weeks ago. SPECIAL GUEST #GrahamLegend Peggy Lyman will join Graham Archives Director Joyce Herring in the live chat! → marthagraham.org for tickets
“CAVE” by @hofeshco co-produced by @studiosimkin World premiere on April 6, 7 and 9 at @nycitycenter Click the link in bio to get your tickets today ! #marthagrahamdancecompany #studiosimkin #hofeshco #hofeshshechter #contemporary
Martha Graham Dance Company will be in @nycitycenter April 6, 7 & 9 with premiere of “CAVE” by @hofeshco , co-produced by @studiosimkin mathagraham.org/ccdf for tickets! #marthagrahamdancecompany #nycitycenter #ny #premiere #CAVE
Check out this news from Conversations on Dance! In episode 274, we hear about how @marthagrahamdance and @thesorayastage are working to reimagine lost Graham dances. We talk with Janet Eilber [@janeteilber], the artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company and @wildup musical director Christopher Rountree [@orionrountree]. Janet and Christopher have been working together to revive and re-envision the choreographic works of 20th century giant Martha Graham and their accompanying musical compositions. Tune in now through your favorite podcast app. See the premiere of ‘New Canticle’ is this March 19 at The Soraya in Los Angeles, CA. Link in bio for more info. Thank you to @schoolofclevelandballet for their support of this episode. Auditions are open now for their Summer Intensive and Trainee programs. 🎥: Martha Graham Dance Company in rehearsal for 'Canticle for Innocent Comedians' with Kristina and Sadé Alleyne of Alleyne Dance. Video by Yejin Lee.
WEDNESDAY FEB 23 ☆ in-person and live-streamed! ☆ Graham Studio Series presents an inside look at 'Canticle for Innocent Comedians', the extraordinary new collaboration inspired by the themes and format of the lost Graham work from 1952. Led by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh with Kristina and Sadé Alleyne, Sir Robert Cohan, Jenn Freeman, Juliano Nunes, Micaela Taylor, and Yin Yue and set to an original score by Jason Moran, the new Canticle was built around eight virtuosic vignettes, each celebrating a different aspect of nature. Lead Choreographer Sonya Tayeh will be on hand to direct this open rehearsal. Don't miss this exclusive inside look at the creation of the new 'Canticle for Innocent Comedians' - just a few weeks before the World Premiere! ☆ marthagraham.org for tickets Martha Graham Dance Company in rehearsal with Kristina and Sadé Alleyne of Alleyne Dance. Video by Yejin Lee.
Glimpses of rehearsal for our Canticle project featuring @jakelarsen10 and Company in beautiful choreography by @Sonyatayeh and @jfreemover. Premiering @thesorayastage on March 19! This gorgeous mini-video is by @yejin0lee #marthagrahamdancecompany #amazingdancers #newdance #danceislife #dancers #thefirstandthefuture
Another amazing guest artist! @micaelagtaylor beginning her creation for our Canticle project via Zoom! With her attentive cast members: @laurelds12 @marziamem @lloydamayor and @crognaless #marthagrahamdancecompany #amazingdancers #newdance #danceislife #dancers #thefirstandthefuture
Music for Modern Dance by Stahv Danker — now available at StahvDanker.com ! We get so many questions about the music in our classes. Check out this amazing new offering from @stahv — 60 Tracks of music designed for class! Based on the #grahamtechnique but useful for all! Here is the beautiful @laurelds12 showing us how it’s done with @stahv improvising on the piano. #marthagrahamdancecompany #amazingdancers #musicfordance #dancers #grahamcorepower @grahamforeurope @marthagrahamschool
What is going on here? Find out TODAY at 2:30pm (eastern time)! We'll be streaming the televised 1969 performance of Graham's 'Cortege of Eagles' 🎟️🍿🎥 Special guest Pascal Rioult will join hosts Janet Eilber and Joyce Herring in the live chat! ➡️TICKETS $10 at marthagraham.org
NEW@GRAHAM with Hofesh Shechter Our January Studio Series presents a work-in-progress being created for the Company by the much-in-demand choreographer from the UK, Hofesh Shechter @hofeshco and produced with Studio Simkin @studiosimkin STREAMED LIVE Wednesday, January 19 at 7:00pm (eastern time) Ticket at the link in bio ✅ marthagaraham.org/studioseries/ #marthagrahamdancecompny #hofesh #hofeshshechter #performance #livestream
Short clip from Day 1 with the amazing choreographer Hofesh Shechter as he experiments with movement phrases for the new work he is creating for the Graham Company. See the full video at patron.com/marthagrahamdance!
Streamed live TONIGHT, January 5th at 7pm eastern time ✨ The 2022 Martha Graham School Bash & Benefit! Featuring a special performance by Graham 2 of Martha Graham's iconic "Ritual to the Sun" from "Acts of Light" 🎟️ ➡️ marthagraham.org/bash for tickets!
To all of you with hope for renewal, health and joy for 2022. Happy New Year from all of us at Graham! Dancer drawing by @apartmentonbelmont #marthagrahamdancecompany #amazingdancers #thefirstandthefuture #marthagraham #americanicon #genius #happynewyear #dancers #danceislife
Join us THIS SATURDAY, November 6 at 2:30pm for Martha Matinees: 'Diversion of Angels'! We'll live-stream four short films featuring this joyous, lyrical, abstract essay on the infinite aspects of love -- including rare footage from 1948 of the original cast, and a full-length performance by the current Graham Company filmed just days ago at the Joyce Theater! → Tickets $10 at marthagraham.org!
Rehearsal to performance — in a nanosecond Spectacular duo Marzia Memoli and in 'Scavengers' by Andrea Miller. → See it Sunday, Oct 31 at 2:00 or 7:30 The Joyce Theater 🎥: Yejin Lee 🙌🙌
"Untitled (Souvenir)" was created for the Graham Company by Pam Tanowitz using her signature style to manipulate phrases from some of Graham’s lesser-known works. "I am intensely captivated with these connections and am able to manipulate and renovate familiar vocabulary so still feels at the same time hauntingly familiar, and also relevant and raw."
Martha Graham + Aaron Copland + Isamu Noguchi ! Created as the war in Europe was drawing to end, "Appalachian Spring" captured the imagination of Americans who were beginning to believe in a more prosperous future. With its tale of a new life in a new land, the dance embodies hope.
Created in 1936, Martha Graham's "Steps in the Street" was a response to the menace of fascism in Europe. Earlier that year, Graham had refused an invitation to take part in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, stating: “I would find it impossible to dance in Germany at the present time. So many artists whom I respect and admire have been persecuted, have been deprived of the right to work for ridiculous and unsatisfactory reasons, that I should consider it impossible to identify myself, by accepting the invitation, with the regime that has made such things possible. In addition, some of my concert group would not be welcomed in Germany.”
THIS WEEK: Be an insider at a working rehearsal as Andrea Miller puts the finishing touches on her brand-new work for the Company. Nothing staged! You’ll see the creative process happening before your eyes – only a few days before the World Premiere! NEW@Graham with Andrea Miller In-Person + Live-Streamed October 19 + 20 at 7:00pm Tickets at marthagraham.org/studioseries
⭐ TODAY at 2:30pm (ET) Join us for a live-streamed, behind-the-scenes rehearsal run-through of Martha Graham’s 'Appalachian Spring'! See the Company rehearsing this legendary masterwork in real time as they prepare to bring it back to the stage at The Joyce Theater later this month. #GrahamLegends Joyce Herring and Janet Eilber will be in the live chat!🙋♀️ 🙋♀️ 🎟️ $10 TIX at marthagraham.org!
THIS SATURDAY at 2:30pm (ET)! Our Martha Matinees series returns with a live-streamed, behind-the-scenes rehearsal runthrough of Martha Graham’s 'Appalachian Spring'! 🏡🌻💞 See the Company rehearsing this legendary masterwork as they prepare to bring it to the stage at The Joyce Theater later this month. #GrahamLegends Joyce Herring and Janet Eilber will be in the live chat! 🎟️ TICKETS $10 at marthagraham.org
The Company embraces a new vision that showcases masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works by contemporary artists. With programs that offer a rich thematic narrative, the Company creates new platforms for contemporary dance and multiple points of access for audiences.
Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in more than 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, and the Middle East.
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