Martha Graham Resurrected-The Mythic Along With the Fluff

There’s no point pretending that all of Martha Graham’s pieces are equally strong. Because her choreographic career was so long-extending over 70 years-and because she changed direction so deliberately (and sometimes self-destructively), there’s a wide disparity between her finest work and her throwaways. The question facing the new Graham company is which pieces to bring Read More

Graham’s Company Endures Takes a Big Step Forward

Considering the traumas-psychological, financial and legal-that the Martha Graham Dance Company has recently undergone, it’s a miracle that it has pulled off the coherent two-week season that just ended at the Joyce. The one-night stand at City Center last May was a hint and a promise of what might be, but this season was the Read More