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A Three-Day Virtual Festival Celebrating the Company’s 95th Anniversary
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Performances, collaborations, cocktails and conversation - streamed LIVE from the Martha Graham Studio Theater!
The EVE Project Friday, April 30 at 6:00pm
- Deep Song by Martha Graham, performed by Leslie Andrea Williams
- Immediate Tragedy by Martha Graham, performed by Anne Souder
- Spectre-1914 by Martha Graham, performed by Natasha M. Diamond Walker
- Martha Graham’s Satyric Festival Song, performed by Xin Ying, artwork by Mary Heilmann (film premiere)
- Treading by Elisa Monte, performed by Charlotte Landreau and Lloyd Knight
- Conversation with Janet Eilber and Elisa Monte
Dancers’ Pre-Show Prep Saturday, May 1 at 1:30pm
A truly behind-the-scenes look at our dancers’ pre-show preparations – their Company warm-up will be topped off by a rehearsal run-through of the famous floor-exercises from Ritual to the Sun, created by Graham in 1981. Led by Associate Artistic Director Denise Vale
Past/Present Saturday, May 1 at 5:00pm
- Two excerpts from Communion by Robert Cohan, performed by Laurel Dalley Smith and Lloyd Mayor
- Lorenzo from Afternoon Conversations with Dancers by Robert Cohan, performed by Lorenzo Pagano
- Robert Cohan’s Lloyd from Afternoon Conversations with Dancers, performed by Lloyd Knight, artwork by Rashid Johnson (film premiere)
- Conversation of Lovers by Martha Graham, performed by Xin Ying and TBA
- Lamentation Variations by Kyle Abraham (performed by Lloyd Knight and Lloyd Mayor), Richard Move (So Young An), and Nicolas Paul (performed by Anne O’Donnell, Anne Souder, and Leslie Andrea Williams)
Dancers’ Pre-Show Prep Sunday, May 2 at 11:30am
Other Spaces Sunday, May 2 at 3:00pm
- Martha Graham’s Saraband, performed by Xin Ying and Lloyd Knight, artwork by Luchita Hurtado (film premiere)
- Martha Graham’s Immediate Tragedy, performed by Xin Ying, artwork by Rita Ackermann (film premiere)
- My River Runs to Thee by Martha Graham, performed by Anne O’Donnell
- Moon by Martha Graham, performed by So Young An and Jacob Larsen
- Duet from The Auditions by Troy Schumacher, performed by Marzia Memoli and Lorenzo Pagano
- Treading by Elisa Monte, performed by Charlotte Landreau and Lloyd Knight
Closing Night Cocktails Sunday, May 2 at 4:30pm
What a year it has been! Join the Dancers live from the Martha Graham Studio Theater via Zoom for conversation and cocktails. Help us toast the end of our 95th Season and the hopes for our 96th!
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