As the company she left behind celebrates its centenary, it finds itself caught between preservation and radical tradition.
This past fall, in a sunlit studio in Manhattan’s West village, the Martha Graham Dance Company was rehearsing a production of Cave of the Heart, a fiery one-act ballet created in 1946. Four barefoot ...
Lemonnier’s formal training began in Paris, where he discovered the Graham technique while studying at the Institut de Formation Professionnelle Rick Odums (IFPRO). “It changed the way I understood ...
"Movement never lies" and "Look for the truth." Legendary dance artist Martha Graham lived by these rules, which she learned from her father when she was a little girl. She used them to create the ...
In 1936, American choreographer Martha Graham declined an opportunity to appear at the Olympic Games in Germany. It was a rare moment of political dissent; Graham, who had several Jewish dancers in ...