Martha Graham
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Night Journey
Jan 01, 1960Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
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Lamentation
Oct 11, 1943
Frontier
Feb 14, 1936
Appalachian Spring
Mar 15, 1944
Appalachian Spring
Jan 01, 1958A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
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Heretic
Feb 02, 1931Heretic is a modern dance work by Martha Graham performed to Tetus Breton, an old folk tune from Brittany.
Anaïs Nin Observed
Jun 28, 1974In this documentary Anais Nin is shown at work, at home, and talking with and about her influences: D.H. Lawrence, Otto Rank, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, Martha Graham, Noguchi, Kenneth Anger, Maya Daren, Edmund Wilson, Lou Andreas-Salome and others.
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Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed
May 13, 1994Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.
Documentary
A Dancer's World
Dec 31, 1957Appalachian Spring
Jan 01, 1958A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
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Appalachian Spring
Jan 01, 1958A filmed version of Aaron Copland's most famous ballet, with its original star, who also choreographed.
Music
A Dancer's World
Dec 31, 1957Night Journey
Jan 01, 1960Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
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Appalachian Spring
Mar 15, 1944Appalachian Spring
Mar 15, 1944
The Flute of Krishna
May 08, 1926Produced by the Eastman Kodak Company and shot in a then-experimental process, two-color Kodachrome, Martha Graham's dance "The Flute of Krishna" is performed by students from the Eastman School of Music. It's likely (but unconfirmed) that the film was directed by an uncredited Rouben Mamoulian.
Fantasy
Martha Graham Dance Company
Feb 05, 2017
The Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 26, 2023The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
