by Catie Robinson | Feb 20, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
When the Martha Graham Dance Company debuted Lamentation Variations in 2007 as an anniversary tribute to 9/11, it was intended as a singular performance. It featured a recording of Graham herself performing the original Lamentation solo from 1930, followed by three...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 13, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News, Profiles, Viral Videos
What’s better than one film about Rudolf Nureyev? Two films about Rudolf Nureyev! We’re excited to share that a feature-length documentary titled Nureyev is slated to make its North American premiere this month. Nureyev will be shown in major U.S. cities...
by Joseph Carman | Jan 7, 2018 | Career
Ballet excels at defying gravity. Lightness, ethereality, wispiness, symmetry, lineal order, chivalry and blissful endings to well-worn tales bestow on ballet a reputation as an art form that embraces divine beauty and design. But themes of grief, trauma, death, war,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It’s not every day that you get to see a world-class ballerina rehearse. It’s pretty much never that you get to see that world-class ballerina rehearse Martha Graham’s work. So to say that I was thrilled to be able to watch Diana Vishneva prepare...