Graham II performs a New York Season June 13-16

suzanne — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:16:28 +0000

New York Season

Graham II in Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow; Photo by Kerville Cosmos Jack

Opening Night Gala, Thursday, June 13, 8:00 pm

Friday, June 14, 8:00 pm

Saturday, June 15, 8:00 pm

Sunday June 16, 8:00 pm

Graham Studio Theater

55 Bethune Street, at Washington, 11th Floor

Featuring

Acts of Light

Sections from Cortege of Eagles and Secular Games

and a work by guest choreographer, Kun-Yang Lin

Opening Night Gala, June 13: All Tickets $60

June 14-16: $20 Adults, $12 Students with valid ID

Click here to order tickets

Opening Night Gala and reception

Honoring Dr. Ellen Graff

with special guest Kenneth Topping

Thursday, June 13

8:00 pm

The Martha Graham School is delighted to honor distinguished Graham alumna and dance scholar

Dr. Ellen Graff with a special program, followed by a festive reception with special .

All proceeds will benefit The Martha Graham School.

Photo: Ellen Graff performs as a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company

Watch a sneak preview of Graham II’s upcoming New York Season

Click here to reserve your tickets

or call 212-229-9200, x14

Register now for the Summer Intensive

suzanne — Mon, 20 May 2013 19:47:32 +0000

June 24 – August 2, 2013

Technique classes
In developing her Technique, Martha Graham experimented with basic human movement, beginning with the most elemental movements of contraction and release. Using these principles as the foundation for her Technique, she built a vocabulary of movement that would “increase the emotional activity of the dancer’s body.”

Level 1 For students who wish to learn the basics of the Martha Graham Technique and accelerate rapidly
M–F 9:00–11:00

Level 2 For students with strong elementary background in Martha Graham Technique who wish to accelerate rapidly
M–F 11:00-1:00

Level 3* For students with a strong intermediate background in Martha Graham Technique who wish to increase facility
M–F 8:30–10:30

Level 4* For students and professionals with extensive experience in Martha Graham Technique who wish to deepen physical mastery
M-F 10:30-12:30

Photo by Alexandros Giannakis III

Repertory workshops

Martha Graham’s ballets were inspired by a wide variety of sources, including modern paintings, the American frontier, religious ceremonies of Native Americans, and Greek mythology.

Session 1: June 24- July 12

Session 2: July15- August 2

Advanced Repertory* T 3:00 – 4:30; W , Th 1:45- 3:15

Beginner/Intermediate Repertory: M, T, Th 1:30 – 3:00

Men’s Repertory: (All levels): Session 2 only, T 4:30 – 6:00; W 4:45 – 6:15; F 1:45 – 3:15

*Attendance in this level requires prior approval.

Note: Martha Graham Technique class is required for all repertory students. Repertory must be attended for the full three weeks.

Photo by Kerville Cosmos Jack

Composition
Students explore the fundamentals of dance creation through various exercises.
ALL LEVELS: M 3:00 – 4:30; W, Th 3:15 – 4:45
Repertory, composition, and choreography workshop will culminate in a studio showing on the Friday of each session. Note: Composition must be attended for the full three weeks. Composition may be taken without technique or repertory. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior class time to warm-up.

NEW this year:
Choreography Workshop
In this workshop Samuel Pott, Artistic Director of Nimbus Dance Works and former soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, will draw on personal narratives and techniques for expansive and expressive movement creation to build original choreographic sequences with the participants. The collaborative workshop will culminate with a studio showing.
Session 1 ONLY: T 4:30 – 6:45; W 4:45 – 7:00

Sam Pott: Known for creating structured and musical dances that evoke deep-rooted emotional connection, Mr. Pott’s choreography has been shown in New York City and throughout New Jersey, New England and California at venues including the Joyce Theater and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. He has choreographed dance to chamber music, choral music, jazz, new music, folk, and mainstream vocal ballads; collaborations have included productions with theater groups, visual and video artists, composers and music improvisers. He has also collaborated with many esteemed contemporary artists including composers Daniel Bernard Roumain, Samson Young, Judd Greenstein, Aaron Parks and visual artists Nicola Lopez and Trudy Miller. http://nimbusdanceworks.org/about/artistic-director/

Screening Archival Video
A special feature of a selected work by Martha Graham presented by a distinguished alum with a Q&A
F June 28 3:15 – 4:15 F July 19 3:15 – 4:15Meet the Artist Series

A close encounter with a special guest artist
F July 26 3:15Open classes
M, W: 6:30-8:00Ballet
M 4:30 – 6:00 Th 4:45 – 6:15

Full-time Program Auditions
Saturday, July 13th
Level 1 & 2: 10:30 am to 11:30 am Level 3 & 4: 12:00 to 1:00 pm

Graham II Audition
Saturday, July 13th 1:30 to 3:00 pm

(Must join a full time program to be accepted in Graham II)

Download theSummer Intensive 2013 Brochure and Registration Form

For information call (212) 229-9200 ext 30 (before June 24th) or (212) 838-5886 (after June 24th).

Addresses:

West Village
55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10014

Upper East Side

316 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065

Rite of Spring: Deconstructed

suzanne — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:29:13 +0000

ATTENTION: Thursday night is SOLD OUT.

ATTENTION: Friday night is SOLD OUT.

Annual Gala on February 21 was a huge success

suzanne — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:49:57 +0000

The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Annual Gala was held on Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Rubin Museum of Art, following a performance at The Joyce Theater. The gala honored Board Chairman Judith G. Schlosser and her husband, Herbert Schlosser.

Robert Redford and Board Chairman and Honoree Judith G. Schlosser

Martha Graham Center Trustees, Co-Chairman Laura Gordon, Neila Fortino, and Lorraine Oler

Board President Inger K. Witter, Giovanni Spinelli, Company Member PeiJu Chien-Pott, and Sam Pott

Event Co-Chairs Coralie Charriol Paul and Dennis Paul

Peggy Lyman Hayes with Principal Dancer Katherine Crockett and Dancer Abdiel Jacobsen

Martha Graham Dance Company Featured in GNC Campaign

suzanne — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:02:53 +0000

GNC CELEBRATES ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST DANCE COMPANIES, MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY, AND ITS COMMITMENT TO DANCE, HEALTH AND WELLNESS

New York, NY, February 19, 2013 – The Martha Graham Dance Company, “one of the greatest dance companies in the world” (The New York Times), announces today that two veteran Principal Dancers, Tadej Brdnik and Katherine Crockett, soar over Times Square, featured on billboards that are part of GNC’s new brand campaign, “Respect Yourself.” Conceived and photographed by Peter Arnell for GNC, the “Respect Yourself” campaign celebrates individuals who live well by leading healthy lifestyles. The Martha Graham Dance Company was identified as one of the best expressions to GNC’s commitment to health and fitness. Today, dance as a form of exercise is more popular than ever as evidenced by the proliferation of activities such as Zumba and barre classes, ballroom dancing, TV shows like “Dancing With The Stars” and “Dance Moms” and dance competitions around the country, so the talent, discipline and fitness displayed by the Martha Graham Dance Company dancers are highly aspirational to both the GNC customer and consumers at large.

“At GNC, we view dancers as elite ‘athletes’ who can inspire our consumers to live the best lives they can lead in terms of health and fitness,” said Joe Fortunato, Chairman and CEO of GNC. “Our consumer is very lifestyle-focused, and this component of our ‘Respect Yourself’ campaign is a concrete demonstration and integral component of GNC’s mission in helping consumers live their best lives. Working with the Martha Graham Dance Company has enabled us to celebrate and support the arts as well as the physical achievements made by the dancers through their own commitments to fitness and health.”

“Between GNC’s celebration of health and wellness and the Graham Company’s commitment to the extraordinary art and physical discipline we know as dance, it was a great time to celebrate individuals of such stature in the dance world,” said Arnell.

The Martha Graham Dance Company worked directly with Arnell and his team of highly acclaimed artists and technical producers to shoot and film the campaign in late 2012. Six Graham Company dancers are featured in the multimedia campaign, which includes network and cable broadcast, outdoor spectaculars, national print, and digital.

“We’re delighted to have the Martha Graham dancers and her iconic moves incorporated into in this elegant and powerful national campaign,” says Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Center. “It’s more evidence that Martha’s revolutionary discoveries about what the body can express are now classic, and evocative and meaningful in any medium.”

A short dance film directed by Arnell will also be unveiled as part of the “Respect Yourself” campaign during the Martha Graham Dance Company’s New York Season, February 20 – March 3, 2013. The short film captures the current dancers practicing, juxtaposed with the insight into the brilliance of the dance company as seen through the eyes of Martha Graham, whose legacy of innovation the Graham Company carries forward today.

The partnership between GNC and the Martha Graham Dance Company is a welcome example of a corporation supporting the arts and culture. It provides a model for innovative collaboration between the private and nonprofit sectors that is based on mutual respect and shared values.

“Being featured in GNC’s ‘Respect Yourself’ campaign provides the Martha Graham Dance Company with unique visibility and introductions to new audiences that would be difficult to access without a partner like GNC,” says Meghan Hewit McCormick, who directs development and partnership initiatives at the Martha Graham Center. “We’re incredibly grateful to Peter Arnell and GNC for inviting the Company to be part of this campaign.”

About Martha Graham Dance Company

The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a world leader in the development of contemporary dance since its founding in 1926. Informed by the expansive vision of its pioneering founder, the Company has served as an unparalleled resource in expanding contemporary dance’s vocabulary and nurturing many of the leading choreographers and dancers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Since its inception, the Company has earned acclaim from audiences in more than fifty countries. Today, the Company continues to foster Graham’s spirit of ingenuity, embracing a new vision that showcases classics by Graham, her contemporaries and their successors, alongside newly commissioned works. The Company is actively working to create new platforms for contemporary dance and multiple points of access for audiences.

Visit marthagraham.org or follow @MarthaGrahamDC

About GNC

GNC Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a leading global specialty retailer of health and wellness products, including vitamins, minerals, and herbal supplement products, sports nutrition products and diet products, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GNC.”

As of December 31, 2012, GNC has more than 8,100 locations, of which more than 6,100 retail locations are in the United States (including 949 franchise and 2,181 Rite Aid franchise store-within-a-store locations) and franchise operations in 54 countries (including distribution centers where retail sales are made). The Company – which is dedicated to helping consumers Live Well – has a diversified, multi-channel business model and derives revenue from product sales through company-owned retail stores, domestic and international franchise activities, third party contract manufacturing, e-commerce and corporate partnerships. GNC’s broad and deep product mix, which is focused on high-margin, premium, value-added nutritional products, is sold under GNC proprietary brands, including Mega Men®, Ultra Mega®, Total Lean™, Pro Performance®, Pro Performance® AMP, Beyond Raw®, and under nationally recognized third party brands.

Web: GNC.com | Twitter: @GNCLiveWell | Facebook: facebook.com/GNCLiveWell

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Media Inquiries:

For Martha Graham Dance Company

Meghan Hewit McCormick, (212) 229-9200 x25, mmccormick@marthagraham.org

For GNC

Laura Brophy, (212) 537-5177 x2, lbrophy@marketcompr.com

Fall and Recovery Benefit Performance 2/26

suzanne — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:35 +0000

“My dancers never fall to simply fall, they fall to rise.”

-Martha Graham

For more information, call (212) 229-9200 x 14

Program:

Improvisation
Michelle Dorrance

After the Rain (Excerpt)
by Christopher Wheeldon
Wendy Whelan and Ask la Cour

The Show (Achilles Heels) (Excerpts)
by Richard Move
Martha Graham Dance Company

2.2
Francesca Harper
Eriko Iisaku

“Moon” from Canticle for Innocent Comedians
by Martha Graham
Martha Graham Dance Company

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
by George Balanchine
Maria Kowroski and Martin Harvey

DOSE
David Neumann

Dying Swan
Irina Dvorovenko

Intermission

Imperial Gesture
Blakeley White-McGuire
Martha Graham Dance Company

Rust (Excerpt)
by Nacho Duato
Martha Graham Dance Company

World Premiere
From the Grammar of Dreams
by Luca Veggetti
Martha Graham Dance Company

All-City Panorama
Teens@Graham

Martha Graham Annual Gala Performance 2/21

suzanne — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:47:30 +0000

The Show (Achilles Heels) by Richard Move
with Musical Guest Deborah Harry

“Moon” from Canticle for Innocent Comedians
by Martha Graham

Tickets $80

For more information, contact Rachel Boyadjis at rboyadjis@marthagraham.org or 212.229.9200 x14

Photo by Hibbard Nash Photography, Dancer Lloyd Mayor

Join us at The Joyce Theater 2/20-3/3

suzanne — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:47:40 +0000

The Martha Graham Dance Company returns to The Joyce Theater for a two-week season of Myth and Transformation from February 20–March 3, 2013. For tickets to Programs A, B, and C, please visit joyce.org or call JoyceCharge: 212-242-0800.

Program Schedule:

Program A
Wednesday, February 20 at 7:30pm; Saturday, February 23 at 8pm;
Sunday, February 24 at 2pm; Thursday, February 28 at 8pm;
Saturday, March 2 at 2pm; Sunday, March 3 at 7:30pm
Phaedra (Graham)
The Show (Achilles Heels) (Move)
Click here to purchase tickets

GALA PERFORMANCE
Thursday, February 21 at 7:30pm

“Moon” from Canticle for Innocent Comedians by Martha Graham
The Show (Achilles Heels) by Richard Move with Musical Guest Deborah Harry
Performance Only Tickets Available: purchase online or call 212-229-9200 x14
Click here for more information about the Gala and to purchase Gala tickets

University Partners Showcase
Saturday, February 23 at 2pm
Graham classics performed by university and high school students from around the nation
Franklin and Marshall College, Montclair State University, New World School of the Arts, Graham II, Adelphi University, Sarah Lawrence College, All-City Panorama

Program B
Friday, February 22 at 8pm; Sunday, February 24 at 7:30pm; Saturday, March 2 at 8pm|
Cave of the Heart (Graham)
The Errand into the Maze Project (Graham)
Night Journey (Graham)
Click here to purchase tickets

FALL AND RECOVERY | One Night Only Benefit Performance
Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30pm

Stars of the New York City dance world are joining forces to help rebuild classic Graham costumes and Noguchi sets damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Guest artists include Wendy Whelan, Michelle Dorrance, Maria Kowroski, Francesca Harper, Irina Dvorovenko, David Neumann, and many more…

The program will also include performances by the Martha Graham Dance Company, as listed below:
From the Grammar of Dreams, World Premiere (Veggetti)
Imperial Gesture (Graham, re-imagined by Kim Jones)
Excerpts from The Show (Achilles Heels) (Move) and ”Moon” from Canticle of Innocent Comedians (Graham)
Excerpt from a new work by Nacho Duato
All-City Panorama

Proceeds will support the Hurricane Sandy Recovery Fund for the Martha Graham Dance Company

Benefit tickets start at $100. Purchase tickets online, or call 212-229-9200 x 14.

Program C
Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30pm; Friday, March 1 at 8pm; Sunday, March 3 at 2pm
Cave of the Heart (Graham)
From the Grammar of Dreams (Veggetti)
Lamentation Variations (Pagarlava, Rainer, Varone)
Diversion of Angels (Graham)
Click here to purchase tickets

For tickets to Program A, B, and C, please visit joyce.org or call JoyceCharge: 212-242-0800.

Martha Graham Dance Company Annual Gala 2/21

suzanne — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:06:58 +0000

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GALA PERFORMANCE PROGRAM

The Show (Achilles Heels) by Richard Move

with Musical Guest Deborah Harry

“Moon” from Canticle for Innocent Comedians

by Martha Graham

For more information about the Gala, contact Suzanne Flanagan at sflanagan@marthagraham.org or 212.229.9200 x10

Pre-Audition Workshop for Rite of Spring

suzanne — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:15:23 +0000

Students enrolled in levels III and IV of the full-time program at the Martha Graham School will receive one credit for participating in the Workshop.

Daily Graham Technique classes are also discounted for Workshop participants: $60/week or $15/class:

9:00am – 10:30am Level III
10:30am – 12:00pm Level IV

Dancers participating in the full-week workshop will not be required to pay the $25 audition registration fee.

For additional information, requirements and how to register contact: tbrdnik@marthagraham.org, with subject PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOP.

For more info on the Martha Graham Dance Company 2013 Audition, visit marthagraham.org/2013audition