Raising the Bar on Park Avenue: More Than Martinis at Aleutia
If you were blindfolded and transported to just about any restaurant on lower Park Avenue, you would know where you
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After Scandals and Wrangles, The Return of Martha Graham The sense of occasion was so intense at the City Center,
View ArticleMore of the Right Stuff
On the morning of Saturday, Feb. 1, Tom Wolfe got a phone call from NBC’s Today show. “I had just
View ArticleGraham’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
View ArticleMartha 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
View ArticleTake the High Road with Limón—Modest, Serious, Uncompromised
To go to the Limón Dance Company is to find yourself in a prelapsarian world—the world of Modern Dance as
View ArticleCrowd-Pleasing Alvin Ailey, High-Minded Merce Cunningham
Santa’s on his way, and that means the Alvin Ailey crew have checked in at the City Center for their
View ArticleContinuity at Graham’s Company Preserves the Founder’s Spirit
Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much
View ArticleCan Martha Graham Be Kept Alive?
For those of us who care about Martha Graham, it’s been a bumpy ride. I got on board in 1958,
View ArticleMarch Dance: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Graham!
After a dance week of occasional ups and all too many downs, Mark Morris came to the rescue with a
View ArticleMythologies: Despite Admirable Effort, the Martha Graham Company Just Can’t...
This has been Martha Graham week in New York. Every year or two the Graham company bravely flings itself at
View ArticleDvF, Frank Gehry, and Peter Arnell Celebrate The Martha Graham Dance Company
Diane von Furstenberg was on hand last night, not only to film scenes for another season of her television series, but also as the woman of the hour at Martha Graham Dance Company's Opening Night Gala...
View ArticleThe Paul Taylor Connection: Modern Dance Master Opens the Stage to New Acts
The second year of Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance welcomes newly commissioned work by more recent choreographers.
View ArticleTogether for the First Time, Paul Taylor, Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham
The Paul Taylor season, now in its third and last week at the Koch, reached a remarkable climax on Sunday, March 18, with a one-time-only performance of works by Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and...
View ArticleMartha, Merce and Some Others Launch the Summer Season
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the most interesting choreography I’ve seen in the last few weeks was by Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham.
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