Martha Graham Dance Co.

Martha Graham Dance Co.
“Essential Graham – Prelude and Revolt”
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Martha Graham was one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance. She invented a new language of movement, and used it to reveal the passion, rage, and ecstasy common to human experience. She danced and choreographed for over seventy years, and during that time was the first dancer to perform at The White House, the first American dancer to travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and the first dancer to receive the nation’s highest civilian award, the Medal of Freedom.

This special performance, including archival film clips, still photos, and narration interwoven with dancing from Graham’s prodigious body of work offers a kind of guided tour of Graham's revolutionary and long creative career. “Essential Graham” includes part of Helios and Conversation of Lovers from Acts of Light, and excerpts from some of Graham’s larger works such as Clytemnestra and Appalachian Spring, along with the following dances: Denishawn solo montage: Gnossienne, Tanagra, Incense, Serenata Morisca, Lamentation, and Spectre.

Martha Graham Dance’s Essential Graham – Prelude and Revolt was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.”



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