OUR 1OOTH ANNIVERSARY
Martha Graham presented her first performance with a supporting group of dancers on April 18, 1926.
Since that date, considered to be the launch of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Graham’s groundbreaking and uniquely American style of dance has influenced generations of artists and continues to captivate audiences worldwide.
A THREE-YEAR CELEBRATION
The 2023-24 season, American Legacies, will highlight Graham’s social activism, Americana and modernism, with classic works including Appalachian Spring (1944), Dark Meadow (1946) and Maple Leaf Rag (1990).
The company will also present a new production of Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo (1942) with score by Aaron Copland reorchestrated for a six-piece bluegrass ensemble by composer Gabe Witcher; and a new work by Jamar Roberts with a score by Rhiannon Giddens, which will be presented alongside Rodeo as part of the company’s season at New York City Center (April 17-24) and on tour.
The 2024-25 season, Dances of the Mind, will focus on Graham’s psychological works and her longtime artistic partnership with the visual artist Isamu Noguchi. Works will include Phaedra (1962), Errand into the Maze (1947) and Herodiade (1944).
The 2025-26 season, The Masterpieces, will consider the question “What is an American?” from Graham’s 1939 work American Document. Repertory will include Cave of the Heart (1946), Night Journey (1947) and Primitive Mysteries (1931) among other commissions.
Other projects around the anniversary include a three-season collaboration with the Long Beach Opera, exploring connections between dance and opera; a documentary in development with PBS about the current company, slated to premiere in the 2025-26 season; and a book by Deborah Ory and Ken Browar of NYC Dance Project, featuring today’s Graham dancers and archival photos from the past 100 years, to be published in fall 2025.
Read A Multi-Season Celebration of the Martha Graham Company at 100 at nytimes.com
GRAHAM1OO
COMMITTEE
Kyle Abraham
Alicia Adams
Debbie Allen
Neil Baldwin
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Kristen Brogdon
Camille A. Brown
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Graham Cole, Walter Jaffe
and Paul King
Herman Cornejo
James Darrah
Michelle Dorrance
Aurélie Dupont
Kenneth C. Fischer
Alison M. Friedman
Allen Greenberg
Christopher A. Gruits
Dakin Hart
Kendra Whitlock Ingram
Susan Jaffe
Virginia Johnson
Bill T. Jones
Julie Kent
Michael Kondziolka
Ana Laguna and Mats Ek
Brett Littman
Lourdes Lopez
Lar Lubovitch
Stanford Makishi
Sara Mearns
Andrea Miller
Emily Molnar
Rachel S. Moore
Jason Moran
Mark Morris
Linda Murray
Ohad Naharin
Jodee Nimerichter
Michael Novak
Norton Owen
Annie-B Parson
Tiler Peck
Christopher Pennington
Dante Puleio
Yvonne Rainer
M Felicity Rogers-Chapman
Tamara Rojo
Chris Rountree
Amy Russell Kolling
Hofesh Shechter
Linda Shelton
Arlene Shuler
Bobbi Jene Smith
Ellen Sorrin
Jonathan Stafford
Susan Stroman
Pam Tanowitz
Pamela Tatge
Doug Varone
Eduardo Vilaro
Martin Wechsler
Ashley Wheater MBE
Robert Wilson
Damian Woetzel
THE GRAHAM1OO TOTE
Support the Graham Company with a donation of $25 or more and receive a limited edition GRAHAM100 folding tote.
Our sturdy, rip-stop folding tote bag features the spectacular Luis Luque photograph of the Graham dancers in Canticle for Innocent Comedians and an attached folding pocket with embroidered GRAHAM100 logo tag.
