The Auditions (2019)

2022-05-03T16:43:55-04:00

Inspired by that recognizable human need to search for something — whether tangible, scientific, or spiritual.

Choreography: Troy Schumacher
Music by Augusta Read Thomas
Costumes by Karen Young
Lighting by Yi-Chung Chen

Spectre-1914 (1936)

2022-05-03T16:27:59-04:00

The opening section of Chronicle, Spectre-1914 evokes the foreboding prelude to war.

Music: Wallingford Riegger
Lighting: Jean Rosenthal

Treading (1979)

2022-05-03T11:52:24-04:00

Elisa Monte's sculptural, mesmerizing duet.

Choreography: Elisa Monte
Costume: Marisol
Music: Steve Reich
Lighting Design: Tina Charney

Scavengers (2021)

2022-05-03T11:45:03-04:00

A dance by Andrea Miller that emerged out of the pandemic experience.

Choreography: Andrea Miller
Music: Will Epstein
Lighting: Burke Brown
Costumes: Oana Botez

Immediate Tragedy (1937)

2022-05-03T11:38:29-04:00

A dance of determination and, finally, resilience.

Choreography: Martha Graham reimagined by Janet Eilber
Costume: Martha Graham
Music: Christopher Rountree
Lighting: Yi-Chung Chen

Ritual to the Sun (1981)

2022-05-03T11:47:14-04:00

Devoid of theatrical trappings, Acts of Light celebrates the dancer as an exquisite instrument of expression, while making references to earlier works in the Graham canon.

Music: Carl Nielsen
Costumes: Halston and Martha Graham
Lighting: Beverly Emmons

CAVE (2022)

2022-05-03T10:51:32-04:00

A visceral collective movement experience, with a powerful, swirling shared kinetic energy.

Choreography: Hofesh Shechter
Music: Âme and Hofesh Shechter
Costumes: Taylor McNeill and Caleb Krieg
Lighting: Yi-Chung Chen

Woodland (2016)

2022-05-03T10:26:48-04:00

A charming work for nine dancers inspired by the innocence and playfulness.

Choreography: Pontus Lidberg
Music: Irvine Fine

Untitled (Souvenir) (2019)

2022-05-03T10:46:01-04:00

A group work created by Pam Tanowitz using her signature style to manipulate phrases from some of Graham’s lesser-known works.

Choreography: Pam Tanowitz Music: Caroline Shaw

Deo (2019)

2022-05-03T10:45:32-04:00

Choreographers Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith collaborate on a work for all women based on the myth of Persephone.

Choreography: Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith
Music: Lesley Flanigan

The Rite of Spring (1984)

2022-05-03T16:47:42-04:00

The traditional story reenacted in Graham’s unmistakable ritualistic and visceral style.

Music: Igor Stravinsky
Lighting: Solomon Weisbard
Set: Edward T. Morris
Projections: Paul Lieber
Costumes: Pilar Limosner after Martha Graham and Halston

Steps in the Street (1936)

2018-10-31T13:23:09-04:00

A stark, explosive response to the devastation and isolation that war leave in its wake. Performed separately or as the center section of Graham’s Chronicle.

Music: Wallingford Reigger
Costumes: Martha Graham

Serenata Morisca (1916)

2018-10-31T13:21:51-04:00

A solo created by Graham’s teacher, Ted Shawn, and a prime example of American dance in the early 20th Century – the sort of dance against which Graham rebelled.

Choreography: Ted Shawn, reconstructed by Martha Graham
Lighting: Thomas Skelton
Music: Mario Tarenghi
Costume: Martha Graham (after Pearl Wheeler)

Secular Games (1962)

2019-04-26T11:42:38-04:00

A comedic look at the universal antics of humans trying to impress each other.

Music: Robert Starer
Set: Marion Kinsella
Costumes: Martha Graham

Primitive Mysteries (1931)

2022-05-03T16:47:27-04:00

A stark, modern abstraction of religious ritual born out of Graham’s deep connection with the ceremonies of the natives of the American southwest. The work was hailed as a masterpiece at its premiere and launched Graham as a major force in American art.

Music: Louis Horst
Costumes: Martha Graham

Panorama (1935)

2018-10-31T13:15:25-04:00

A rallying cry for social activism created for 33 students and often performed with the Company as part of Prelude and Revolt or Dance is a Weaponby students at the University where the Company is touring.

Music: Norman Lloyd
Costumes: Martha Graham

Night Journey (1947)

2022-05-03T16:47:20-04:00

One of Graham’s greatest masterworks. A chilling reinvention of the tragedy of Oedipus told through the eyes of his mother and wife, Jocasta.

Music: William Schumann
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

Maple Leaf Rag (1990)

2022-05-03T16:47:15-04:00

An instant audience favorite and a humorous and loving tribute to the choreographic muse and the music of Graham’s youth.

Music: Scott Joplin
Set: American Folk Art
Costumes: Calvin Klein

Lamentation Variations (2007 -)

2022-05-03T10:51:58-04:00

Short works for the company inspired by Graham’s iconic solo and created by some of today’s most note-worthy choreographers. A film of Graham is followed by three variations from among those by Aszure Barton, Larry Keigwin, Richard Move, Bulareyaung Pagarlava, and Doug Varone.

Choreography: Various Music and Costumes: Various

Lamentation (1930)

2018-10-31T13:11:11-04:00

Graham’s signature solo — the essence of grief itself.

Music: Zoltán Kodály
Sets: Martha Graham
Costume: Martha Graham

Herodiade (1944)

2019-04-26T11:38:42-04:00

A woman struggles with choices of independence and empowerment while another tries to contain her.

Music: Paul Hindemith
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Edythe Gilfond

Heretic (1929)

2022-05-03T16:45:46-04:00

A fine example of Graham’s earliest revolutionary modernism and her recurring theme of the struggle for individuality.

Music: traditional folk song
Costumes: Martha Graham

Frontier (1935)

2018-10-31T13:08:22-04:00

Graham’s masterwork solo from 1935. A young woman facing the future.

Music: Louis Horst
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costume: Martha Graham

Errand into the Maze (1947)

2018-10-31T13:04:18-04:00

Loosely derived from the myth of Theseus, who journeys into the labyrinth to confront the Minotaur, this duet sends a woman on the mission. The maze may be her own mind and the confrontation may be with her own fears.

Music: Gian Carlo Menotti
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

Embattled Garden (1958)

2022-05-03T16:42:56-04:00

A contemporary take on the Garden of Eden and a frankly erotic romp, this tragi-comedy explores the timelessness of temptation.

Music: Carlos Surinach
Sets: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

El Penitente (1940)

2019-04-26T11:27:57-04:00

With a modernist style evoking primitive or naïve art come to life, this dramatization is based on the rituals of the American Southwest. We see a troupe of strolling players enact vignettes from the Bible.

Music: Louis Horst
Set: Isamu Noguchi

Ekstasis (1933) and (2017)

2018-10-31T12:54:49-04:00

A reimagining of a sculptural Graham solo from 1933 brought back to the stage by Virginie Mécène.

Music: Ramon Humet
Costume: Martha Graham

Diversion of Angels (1948)

2018-10-31T12:53:02-04:00

An ensemble work for the company and a joyous, lyrical, abstract essay on the infinite aspects of love.

Music: Norman Dello Joio
Costumes: Martha Graham

Deep Song (1937)

2018-10-31T12:51:13-04:00

A deeply resonant response to the Spanish Civil War, a cry of anguish, this solo is an embodiment of Graham’s fears for a world torn apart by man’s inhumanity to man.

Music: Henry Cowell
Set: Martha Graham
Costume: Martha Graham

Dark Meadow Suite (1946)

2022-05-03T11:18:32-04:00

A noted arrangement of highlights from the original featuring the renowned choreography for the ensemble of men and women.

Music: Carlos Chavez Set: Isamu Noguchi Costumes: Martha Graham

Clytemnestra (1958)

2022-05-03T16:34:05-04:00

Graham’s masterpiece of contemporary theater and her only full-evening work, the characters and tragedy of the Trojan War resonate with today’s themes.

Music: Halim El Dahm
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham and Helen McGehee

Chronicle (1936)

2019-04-26T12:03:46-04:00

Graham’s stirring response to the rise of fascism in 1936 and to the unmatched power of the collective will.

Music: Wallingford Riegger
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

Cave of the Heart (1946)

2022-05-03T10:48:52-04:00

A shattering study of the destructive power of love inspired by the story of Medea.

Score: Samuel Barber
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

Appalachian Spring (1944)

2018-10-31T12:32:30-04:00

Graham’s beloved masterwork and “a testimony to the simple fineness of the human spirit.”

Score: Aaron Copland
Set: Isamu Noguchi
Costumes: Martha Graham

Acts of Light (1981)

2022-05-03T11:15:54-04:00

A glorious neoclassic work in three parts: Conversation of Lovers, Lament, and Ritual to the Sun.

Score: Carl Neilsen
Costumes: Halston

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