More than 100 colleges and universities have staged reconstructions of Martha Graham’s renowned choreography.

Student productions are geared toward beginning, intermediate and advanced dancers. Licensees receive training in Martha Graham Technique in support of performances of her revolutionary choreography. Students will gain a deeper understanding of Graham’s pioneering movement vocabulary by experiencing its expressive power onstage.

Available Graham repertory for licensing includes:

Acts of Light (1981)
Adorations (1975)
Appalachian Spring (1944)
Cave of the Heart (1946)
Celebration (1934)
Chronicle (1936)
Dark Meadow (1946)
Dark Meadow Suite (1946)
Deep Song (1937)
Diversion of Angels (1948)

Deaths and Entrances (1943)
El Penitente (1940)
Embattled Garden (1958)
Errand Into the Maze (1947)
Frontier (1935)
Heretic (1929)
Lamentation (1930)
Maple Leaf Rag (1990)
Night Journey (1947)
Night Journey Chorus Suite (1947)

Panorama (1935)
Primitive Mysteries (1931)
The Rite of Spring (1984)
Satyric Festival Song (1932)
Serenata Morisca (1916)
Temptations of the Moon (1986)

Submit the completed form to resources@marthagraham.org.  For more information, call 212-229-9200 x19.

The University Partners Showcase

Licensees from University and High School dance programs are invited to participate in the University Partners Showcase, performing in New York City on the Martha Graham Dance Company stage. Students may perform Graham classics or works by other contemporary choreographers in keeping with the Company’s Season theme.

The next Showcase will take place at The Joyce Theater during the Graham Company’s 2023 Season on April 22.

Past Partners

Adelphi University
Barnard College
Belhaven University
Brigham Young University
Bryn Mawr College
Dean College
École Superieure, Paris
Escola de Danca, Sao Paulo
Franklin and Marshall College
George Mason University
Grand Valley State University
Hofstra University
Illinois State University
Indiana University
Juilliard School

Laban School, London
Miami Dade College
Montclair State University
National School of Dance, Athens
New Orleans Ballet Association
New Ballet Ensemble School
New World School of the Arts
Oklahoma University
Paris National Conservatory
Point Park University
Pomona College
Rambert School, London
Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance
Sarah Lawrence College
Skidmore College

Southern Methodist University
Taipei University of the Arts, Taiwan
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
University of Arizona
The Hartt School, University of Hartford
University of New Mexico
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina – Charlotte
University of North Carolina – Greensboro
University of Oklahoma
University of Utah
University of Washington
Western Washington University