APRIL 30 – MAY 2, 2021

Performances, collaborations, cocktails and conversation – streamed LIVE from the Martha Graham Studio Theater!

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The EVE Project

Originally broadcast Friday, April 30 at 6:00pm ET

  • Deep Song by Martha Graham, performed by Leslie Andrea Williams
  • Immediate Tragedy by Martha Graham, performed by Anne Souder
  • Martha Graham’s Satyric Festival Song, performed by Xin Ying, artwork by Mary Heilmann (film premiere)
  • Spectre-1914 by Martha Graham, performed by Natasha M. Diamond Walker
  • Treading by Elisa Monte, performed by Charlotte Landreau and Lloyd Knight

Past/Present

Originally broadcast Saturday, May 1 at 5:00pm ET

  • Two excerpts from Communion by Robert Cohan, performed by Laurel Dalley Smith and Lloyd Mayor
  • Lamentation Variations by Kyle Abraham (performed by Lloyd Knight and Lloyd Mayor), Richard Move (So Young An), and Nicolas Paul (performed by Anne O’Donnell, Anne Souder, and Leslie Andrea Williams)
  • Lorenzo from Afternoon Conversations with Dancers by Robert Cohan, performed by Lorenzo Pagano
  • Robert Cohan’s Lloyd from Afternoon Conversations with Dancers, performed by Lloyd Knight, artwork by Rashid Johnson (film premiere)
  • Conversation of Lovers by Martha Graham, performed by Xin Ying and Lloyd Knight

Other Spaces

Originally broadcast Sunday, May 2 at 3:00pm ET

  • Duet from The Auditions by Troy Schumacher, performed by Marzia Memoli and Lorenzo Pagano
  • Martha Graham’s Saraband, performed by Xin Ying and Lloyd Knight, artwork by Luchita Hurtado (film premiere)
  • My River Runs to Thee by Martha Graham, performed by Anne O’Donnell
  • Moon by Martha Graham, performed by So Young An and Jacob Larsen
  • Martha Graham’s Immediate Tragedy, performed by Xin Ying, artwork by Rita Ackermann (film premiere)
  • Treading by Elisa Monte, performed by Charlotte Landreau and Lloyd Knight

Dancers’ Pre-Show Prep

Originally broadcast Saturday, May 1 at 1:30pm ET

A truly behind-the-scenes look at our dancers’ pre-show preparations – their Company warm-up will be topped off by a rehearsal run-through of the famous floor-exercises from Ritual to the Sun, created by Graham in 1981. Led by Associate Artistic Director Denise Vale.