Martha Graham
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
June 13, 8:00 p.m.
Performance takes place in main SPAC's Amphitheatre
Martha Graham Dance Company's performance is "Unmissable."
- The London Daily Telegraph
About Martha Graham
Martha Graham (1894 -1991) is recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th century, alongside Picasso, James Joyce, Stravinsky, and Frank Lloyd Wright. In 1998, TIME Magazine named Martha Graham as the "Dancer of the Century", and People Magazine named her among the female "Icons of the Century". As a choreographer, she was as prolific as she was complex. She created 181 ballets and a dance technique that has been compared to ballet in its scope and magnitude. Her approach to dance and theater revolutionized the art form and her innovative physical vocabulary has irrevocably influenced dance worldwide.
About The Company
Celebrating its 80th anniversary season, and acknowledged as "one of the great companies of the world" by Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic of the New York Times, the Martha Graham Dance Company has been lauded by critics everywhere. Alan M. Kriegsman of the Washington Post called the Company "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."
Photo credit: John Deane
Prelude and Revolt (1906-1936)
(55 minutes)
6 seminal dances from the revolutionary years with narration and media enhancement
- Text by Janet Eilber and Jeffrey Sweet
- Narrated by Janet Eilber
Errand into the Maze (1947)
(15 minutes)
- Choreography and Costumes by Martha Graham
- Music by Gian Carlo Menotti
- Set by Isamu Noguchi
Maple Leaf Rag (1990)
(18 minutes)
- Choreography by Martha Graham
- Music by Scott Joplin
- Costumes by Calvin Klein