ESSENTIAL GRAHAM: CLASSICS FROM THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
“…one of the great companies of the world.” –The New York Times
“They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic.”—Los Angeles Times
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:
Founded in 1926 by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, The Martha Graham Dance Company is the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America. In this 81st Anniversary Season, the Essential Graham repertory spans numerous decades, showing the scope and beauty of Martha Graham’s legendary work. You’ll quickly see why the company is considered “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe” (Washington Post).
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Martha Graham choreographed 181 works in her lifetime. Among these are such well known ballets as Heretic (1929), Lamentation (1930), Frontier (1935), El Penitente (1940), Appalachian Spring (1944), Diversion of Angels (1948), Clytemnestra (1958), Phaedra (1962), Frescoes (1978), Acts of Light (1981), The Rite of Spring (1984), Temptations of the Moon (1986), and Maple Leaf Rag (1990).
Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, having danced from the Company’s inception until the late 1960’s, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance’s most illustrious performers and choreographers. Former members of the Company include Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang, Elisa Monte, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donlin Foreman and Pascal Rioult.
Acknowledged as “one of the great companies of the world,” according to Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic of The New York Times, the Martha Graham Dance Company has been lauded by critics throughout the world. Alan M. Kriegsman of the Washington Post referred to the Company as “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe,” while Los Angeles Times critic Martin Bernheimer noted, “They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic.” Ismene Brown of The Daily Telegraph, London, touted the Martha Graham Dance Company’s performance as “Unmissable,” and for Donald Richie of Japan Times these dancers were “Graham’s perfect instrument.”
PROGRAM:
Classic works from the Martha Graham repertoire
PRICE:
$15-$30 Public; $12-$27 Alumni and Senior Citizens; $8-$23 Students and BYU Employees
This event is available in the following season ticket packages: BYU Performing Arts Series, artsPASS. Learn more HERE.
“…one of the great companies of the world.” –The New York Times
“They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic.”—Los Angeles Times
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE:
Founded in 1926 by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, The Martha Graham Dance Company is the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America. In this 81st Anniversary Season, the Essential Graham repertory spans numerous decades, showing the scope and beauty of Martha Graham’s legendary work. You’ll quickly see why the company is considered “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe” (Washington Post).
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Martha Graham choreographed 181 works in her lifetime. Among these are such well known ballets as Heretic (1929), Lamentation (1930), Frontier (1935), El Penitente (1940), Appalachian Spring (1944), Diversion of Angels (1948), Clytemnestra (1958), Phaedra (1962), Frescoes (1978), Acts of Light (1981), The Rite of Spring (1984), Temptations of the Moon (1986), and Maple Leaf Rag (1990).
Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, having danced from the Company’s inception until the late 1960’s, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance’s most illustrious performers and choreographers. Former members of the Company include Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang, Elisa Monte, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donlin Foreman and Pascal Rioult.
Acknowledged as “one of the great companies of the world,” according to Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic of The New York Times, the Martha Graham Dance Company has been lauded by critics throughout the world. Alan M. Kriegsman of the Washington Post referred to the Company as “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe,” while Los Angeles Times critic Martin Bernheimer noted, “They seem able to do anything, and to make it look easy as well as poetic.” Ismene Brown of The Daily Telegraph, London, touted the Martha Graham Dance Company’s performance as “Unmissable,” and for Donald Richie of Japan Times these dancers were “Graham’s perfect instrument.”
PROGRAM:
Classic works from the Martha Graham repertoire
PRICE:
$15-$30 Public; $12-$27 Alumni and Senior Citizens; $8-$23 Students and BYU Employees
This event is available in the following season ticket packages: BYU Performing Arts Series, artsPASS. Learn more HERE.
Classics from the Martha Graham Dance Company
Start date
3/22/2011
End date
3/22/2011
Time
7:30 PM
Tickets on sale
2/22/2011
Venue
de Jong Concert Hall-Harris Fine Arts Center
Sponsor
Performing Arts Series
Category
Guest Artist
Genre
Contemporary Dance
