Thursday, May 2, 2024

GrahamDeconstructed: Appalachian Spring Suite

Martha Graham Dance Company Martha Graham Dance Company

The Martha Graham Dance Company will present a GrahamDeconstructed event featuring highlights from Martha Graham’s celebrated masterwork Appalachian Spring (1944). 

This special evening will feature the Martha Graham Dance Company in Appalachian Spring Suite, a narrated presentation of highlights from Appalachian Spring. Each selection will be illuminated with descriptions from the exchange between Graham and composer Aaron Copland as they collaborated on the creation of this timeless work. The Suite offers the audience unique insight into the creative process of these two geniuses. The performance will be followed by a Q & A with Graham Company Artistic Director Janet Eilber.

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

 

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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