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All posts tagged "Martha Graham"
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117Feature ArticlesIs COVID killing the arts? Part II: Nationally-known companies
Picture this: a large-scale organization, with multiple initiatives at play and planned out for many months to come, suddenly has all of...
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480Feature ArticlesMartha Graham Dance Company’s virtual GrahamFest95 celebrates company’s 95th anniversary
The world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company’s 95th season culminates in a three-day virtual festival featuring livestreams of Martha Graham classics, the company premiere of Elisa...
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938Feature ArticlesThe Church hosted Martha Graham Dance Company as the first artists in residency
The Church, a new artist residency, exhibition space and creative center in the village of Sag Harbor, recently hosted the Martha Graham...
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2.2KFeature ArticlesLauriane Nabet: The French Graham goddess
Meet Lauriane Nabet. Originally from France, she came to the U.S. in 2017, on a scholarship to the Martha Graham School Summer...
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914Feature ArticlesMartha Graham Dance Company announces online programming for 95th season
The Martha Graham Dance Company has announced its 95th season, which begins with a special Martha Matinee and the finale of The Eve Project on September 23. The 2020-21...
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2.0KDance Studio OwnerThe importance of groove: Black art as the pillars of American dance
Raise your hand if you’ve ever been told that ballet is the base technique for all other dance forms. I know I...
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1.4KReviewsMartha Graham Dance Company reimagines lost solo ‘Immediate Tragedy’
June 19, 2020. Online, on YouTube. On June 19, for the first time since 1937, the Martha Graham Dance Company performed a reimagining...
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820Feature ArticlesNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts acquires archive of Martha Graham
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has acquired the archive of Martha Graham, one of the most significant and influential...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesWhere do we go? Dance theater on American soil
Last year, I was rehearsing for a show — a dance theater adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play — in a downtown...
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2.8KFeature ArticlesBrendan Fernandes’ ‘Contract and Release’ premieres at the Noguchi Museum
Brendan Fernandes is an artist of dance and visual arts. His pieces tend to include themes of race, queer culture, migration and...
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1.5KFeature ArticlesSpotlight on ‘Generosity’: A one-woman show by Donald C. Shorter Jr.
Throwing glitter and authentic self-expression are two specialties of Donald C. Shorter Jr. and his drag persona, Francesca. Whether as a dancer,...
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1.8KReviewsFamily Day at the theater: How to enjoy the ballet with young kids
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. April 7, 2019. Last Sunday...
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5.6KDance HealthPutting the attitude in gratitude: Giving thanks through dance
Not only is November the month that jump starts the holiday season, but it is also the month when we prioritize thankfulness...
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4.3KFeature ArticlesPaul Taylor, the practical poet of American Modern Dance – an elegy
Paul Taylor was a true giant of American modern dance, with works that displayed both simplicity and depth of understanding into the...
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19.8KDance HealthDance/Movement Therapy: Using movement to heal mind, body and soul
For many, dance is a passion, profession, even a way of life. It is something we may even “eat, sleep and breathe”....
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6.4KDance Studio OwneriD-Dance offers contemporary and street dance syllabi
Contemporary and street dance have developed a great presence in the dance world and the competitive scene. The movement of both of...
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5.3KFeature ArticlesAt 90 years old, Maxine Ross proves that time is the best dance partner
It is the brutal irony of dance that with years of experience comes both wisdom and degeneration of the body. Older dancers...
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3.9KSpotlightDenman Theatre and Dance Co.: First, we move
The art of dance as storytelling is alive in New York City’s new theatre dance company, Denman Theatre and Dance Co. (DTDC),...
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4.9KReviewsArch Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Château’: Intriguing Unions
Davenport Theatre, New York City. Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Western concert dance has long lived in a tension between two poles. On...
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4.4KTop StoriesWendy Osserman celebrates 40 years of authentic dance
You can learn about dance history by going to the library and losing yourself in the books. Or, you can learn about...
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9.6KFeature ArticlesNinety Years Young: Martha Graham Dance Company Celebrates a Milestone
“To me, the body says what words cannot. I believe that dance was the first art.” — Martha Graham As the founder...
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26.8KFeature ArticlesCapezio Dance Award presented to a school for the first time
This year’s Capezio Dance Award introduces a historic first – unlike any other year in the award’s history, it will go to...
