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Lamentation is a modern dance solo choreographed by Martha Graham to Zoltán Kodály's 1910 Piano Piece, Op. 3, No. 2. [1] One of Graham's signature works, it premiered on January 8, 1930 at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in New York City.
The performance preceded the foundation of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Other pieces on the program were: Lamentation, Frontier, Satyric Festival Song, Immediate Tragedy, Spectre 1914, Act of Piety, Imperial Gesture, Eksatsis and Harlequinade. [1] As with much of Graham's early work, the choreography and other details of the piece are lost.
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) [1] was an American modern dancer and choreographer, whose style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide. [ 2 ] Graham danced and taught for over seventy years.
Copland and Graham exchanged early ideas about the ballet in 1943 while the composer was in Hollywood composing music for “The North Star,” a big-budget film starring Anne Baxter and Dana ...
Martha Graham's company collaborates with Wild Up and the Soraya in Northridge to reimagine a 1937 dance for the digital (and coronavirus) age.
The Martha Graham Dance Company is launching its three-year-long centennial celebration. The festivities include Graham classics and a re-envisioned "Rodeo" by Agnes de Mille.
The Martha Graham Dance Company, founded by Martha Graham in 1926, is both the oldest dance company in the United States and the oldest integrated dance company. The company is critically acclaimed in the artistic world and has been recognized as "one of the great dance companies of the world" by the New York Times and as "one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe" by the Washington Post.
Graham technique is a modern dance movement style and pedagogy created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894–1991). [1] Graham technique has been called the "cornerstone" of American modern dance, and has been taught worldwide. [ 2 ]