Radical Dance For The People: Martha Graham Dance Company
Radical Dance For The People: Martha Graham Dance Company
Saturday, October 7 and Tuesday, October 10
Various galleries throughout The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Few dance companies have revolutionized the art quite like Martha Graham’s. From the company’s founding in 1926, Graham’s signature style has remained a “cornerstone” (Time) of American modern dance, and continues to be taught worldwide. Now, in conjunction with the exhibition Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s, dancers from the Martha Graham Dance Company stage some of Graham’s most powerful ’30s solos in galleries throughout The Met.
Works to include Lamentation (1930), Satyric Festival Song (1932), Ekstasis (1933), Spectre-1914 (1936), Immediate Tragedy (1937), and Deep Song (1937). See below for a complete schedule.
Free with Museum admission
SATURDAY OCTOBER 7
2:05pm: Immediate Tragedy (1937), danced by Xin Ying in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
2:25pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by So Young An in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
2:50pm: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Marzia Memoli in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
3:30pm: Spectre-1914 (1932), danced by Xin Ying in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
3:50pm: Ekstasis (1933), danced by So Young An in Asian Art, Astor Chinese Garden Court, Gallery 217
4:10pm: Deep Song (1937), danced by Marzia Memoli in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
Deep Song premiered at the Guild Theater in New York in 1937. Set to music by Henry Cowell, the dance was composed in response to the Spanish Civil War. Deep Song was a cry of anguish, an embodiment of Martha Graham’s fears for a world torn apart by man’s inhumanity to man. “The fierce, fighting anguish of Deep Song is as direct and as objective as a shout,” wrote one critic.4:25pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by So Young An in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
5:10pm: Immediate Tragedy (1937), danced by Anne Souder in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
5:35pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
5:50pm: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Laurel Dalley Smith in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
6:30pm: Spectre-1914 (1932), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
6:50pm: Ekstasis (1933), danced by Anne Souder in Asian Art, Astor Chinese Garden Court, Gallery 217
7:10pm: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Laurel Dalley Smith in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
7:25pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
TUESDAY OCTOBER 10
10:35am: Immediate Tragedy (1937), danced by Xin Ying in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
10:55am: Lamentation (1930), danced by So Young An in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
11:10am: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Marzia Memoli in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
11:50am: Spectre-1914 (1932), danced by Xin Ying in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
12:10pm: Ekstasis (1933), danced by So Young An in Asian Art, Astor Chinese Garden Court, Gallery 217
12:35pm: Deep Song (1937), danced by Marzia Memoli in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
1:00pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by So Young An in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
2:25pm: Immediate Tragedy (1937), danced by Anne Souder in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
2:45pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
2:50pm: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Laurel Dalley Smith in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
3:05pm: Spectre-1914 (1932), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Egyptian Art, The Temple of Dendur, Gallery 131
3:25pm: Satyric Festival Song (1932), danced by Laurel Dalley Smith in The American Wing, The Charles Engelhard Court, Gallery 700
4:05pm: Ekstasis (1933), danced by Anne Souder in Asian Art, Astor Chinese Garden Court, Gallery 217
4:30pm: Lamentation (1930), danced by Leslie Andrea Williams in Greek & Roman Art, Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, Gallery 162
GOING ON AT GRAHAM
STUDIO SERIES
Company Open Rehearsal
An open rehearsal on the eve of the Company’s European tour offers an intimate look at works that span 75 years. Errand into the Maze (1947), Martha Graham’s transformation of the myth of the Minotaur as a journey into a woman’s battle with fear; and Hofesh Shechter’s rapturous CAVE, created for the Company in 2022.
