Download or read book The Martha Graham Dance Company written by Blakeley White-McGuire and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the legacy of Martha Graham and why does it endure? How and why did the philosophy and subsequent canon of Martha Graham flood out into an artistic diaspora that is still a wellspring of inspiration for contemporary artists? How do dancers that have never studied with, or worked under, Martha Graham maintain her vision? All of these questions, and many more, are considered in this fascinating book, authored by one of the Martha Graham Company's ex-principal dancers, which illuminates the ongoing significance of the Martha Graham Dance Company almost 100 years after it was founded. Through doing so, we are offered a study of the history of the Martha Graham Dance Company - the longest-standing modern dance company in America, its international diaspora and the current generation of dancers taking up the mantel. Drawing on extensive interviews conducted for the book, the company's story is told through the experiences, inspirations, motivations and words of performers from Graham's iconic artistic lineage.
Download or read book Ballet for Martha written by Jan Greenberg and published by Flash Point. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman Award-winning authors Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan tell the story behind the scenes of the collaboration that created APPALACHIAN SPRING, from its inception through the score's composition to Martha's intense rehearsal process. The authors' collaborator is two-time Sibert Honor winner Brian Floca, whose vivid watercolors bring both the process and the performance to life.
Download or read book Onstage with Martha Graham written by Stuart Hodes and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When World War II was over, a young bomber pilot with an itch for movement and action hung up his cap and learned another way to fly. Onstage with Martha Graham is the story of Stuart Hodes, a versatile and influential dancer who got his start with Martha Graham, an icon of modern dance. His memoir is a rare firsthand view of the dance world in the 1940s and through the end of the twentieth century. One of the few male dancers in Graham’s company—and in the New York dance scene at the time—Hodes offers a unique perspective and a one-of-a-kind narrative. He describes how he fell into the art by chance, happening to walk into Graham’s studio one day. He was soon hooked. He documents his experiences, travels, passions, and loves while learning from and performing with Graham, during which time he saw most of the United States, much of Europe, and some of Asia. Advancing quickly, he eventually danced as Graham’s partner in Appalachian Spring, Deaths and Entrances, Every Soul Is a Circus, and Errand into the Maze. In his portrait of Martha Graham, who was the center of his dancing world, Hodes recounts conversations, revelations, bouts of temper and creativity, the daily ritual of deeply physical dancing, and the never-ending search for artistic validity. Direct, often humorous, and always authentic, Hodes shares his delight in dance as both hard work and a fantastic adventure.
Download or read book Martha Graham s Cold War written by Victoria Phillips and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2013, titled Strange commodity of cultural exchange: Martha Graham and the State Department on tour, 1955-1987.
Download or read book Acts of Light written by John Deane and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking images in Acts of Light are the result of John Deane's unprecedented access as a promotional photographer for the Martha Graham Dance Company. The first book to comprehensively survey Graham's dances in full color digital photography, it also features personal interviews with this new generation of Graham interpreters, who reflect on their own lives, the meaning each dance has for them personally, and the Graham technique in frank and touching style. Dancers reveal how they approach now-classic works and personalize their interpretations, coming to them with a new sensibility and unique life experiences. The 18 featured works range from the Greek cycle and biblically inspired ballets through abstract studies of tragedy and hope, considerations of loss incurred in wartime, and literary speculations like Deaths and Entrances, a recently revived work on the Bronte sisters. Deane and Cano give special consideration to the beloved American masterwork Graham created in collaboration with composer Aaron Copland--Appalachian Spring.
Download or read book The Art of Movement written by Ken Browar and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning celebration of movement and dance in hundreds of breathtaking photographs by the creative team behind NYC Dance Project. The Art of Movement is an exquisite collection of photographs by well-known dance photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory that capture the movement, flow, energy, and grace of many of the most accomplished dancers in the world. Featured are more than 70 dancers from companies including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, Boston Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, The Royal Ballet, Abraham in Motion, and many more. Accompanying the photographs are intimate and inspiring words from the dancers, as well as from choreographers and artistic directors on what dance means to them.
Download or read book Martha Graham written by Russell Freedman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photo-biography of the American dancer, teacher, and choreographer who was born in Pittsburgh in 1895 and who became a leading figure in the world of modern dance.
Download or read book Martha Graham written by Marian Horosko and published by A Cappella Books (IL). This book was released on 1991 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the development of Martha Graham's dance theory and training.
Download or read book Martha Graham Dance Company written by Martha Graham Dance Company and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Notebooks of Martha Graham written by Martha Graham and published by New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. This book was released on 1973 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains primary source material.
Download or read book Appalachian Spring written by Aaron Copland and published by A-R Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachian Spring is perhaps the most popular work by Aaron Copland (19001990). Composed as a ballet for the renowned choreographer Martha Graham (18941991), it was the result of a close collaboration between Copland and Graham, and the music quickly took on a life of its own. However, the best known versions of the score, those most frequently recorded and heard in concert, differ in form and musical content from the original ballet, which was scored for a chamber ensemble of thirteen instruments and premiered by the Martha Graham Dance Company at the Library of Congress on 30 October 1944. This edition presents the first completed engraving of the original version of Appalachian Spring, providing musicians and scholars access to the score as it has been performed for more than 75 years by the Graham Company. On each page of the score, the editors have included stills from the 1958 film of the ballet, with Graham dancing the lead role, in order to highlight the connection between music and dance. An introductory essay explores the creation of the work, the musical structure, the origins of and differences among multiple versions of the score, and the continued significance and influence of Coplands music. The critical commentary draws on manuscript and published sources, as well as Graham Company performance practice, to illuminate editorial decisions. The edition also includes appendices that present a comparison of historical tempi, markings from the Graham tradition for augmenting the orchestration, and a selected discography of different versions of the score.
Download or read book Blood Memory written by Martha Graham and published by . This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martha Graham, dancer, choreographer, & teacher, has been called the most important & influential American artist ever born. From her birth in 1894 to her death in 1991, she remained an uncompromising individualist who sought nothing less than to map the mysterious landscape of the human soul. This book is Graham's own account of her life & career. Contains portraits of artists & innovators she has worked with: Louise Brooks, Helen Keller, Aaron Copland, Isamu Noguchi, plus students: Gregory Peck, Bette Davis, Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli, & Madonna. More than 100 photos.
Download or read book Aaron Copland s Appalachian Spring written by Annegret Fauser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A commission and its context -- The creation of a dance piece -- Appalachian spring performed -- Americana between war and peace -- An American icon
Download or read book The Style of Movement written by Ken Browar and published by Rizzoli. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Style meets movement: a new photography book featuring more than eighty of today's most famous dancers, captured in movement and styled in garments designed by some of fashion's biggest names. From renowned photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, the husband-and-wife team behind NYC Dance Project and the best-selling photography book The Art of Movement, comes their follow-up book for fans of dance, fashion, and photography. Spotlighting today's greatest dancers--from ballet to modern--in clothing by today's and yesterday's most celebrated designers, this stunning volume takes the relationship between style, fashion, and dance as its subject. The dancers bring the pages to life with their grace and movement, becoming one with what they're wearing. Whether in couture gowns from Dior, Valentino, Oscar de la Renta, vintage Halston, Moschino, and Bill Blass, or in costumes designed by Martha Graham herself, the world-renowned dancers featured in these pages--including Tiler Peck, Daniil Simkin, Misty Copeland, Christine Shevchenko, Xander Parish, and Olga Smirnova--bring movement to style.
Download or read book The American Dance Festival written by Jack Anderson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Dance Festival has been a magnet drawing together diverse artists, styles, theories, and dance training methods; from this creative mix the ADF has emerged as the sponsor of performances by some of the greatest choreographers and dance companies of our time. Jack Anderson traces the development of ADF from its beginnings in New England to its seasons at Duke University. He displays the ADF for the multidimensional creature it is—a center for performances, a school for the best young dancers in the country, and a provider of community and professional services.
Download or read book Martha Graham Dance Company written by Martha * Graham and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deep Song written by Ernestine Stodelle and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dance Horizons book.
