Martha Graham revolutionized American modern dance. Her life and legacy are worthy of reflection. Graham’s early childhood dance experiences were, naturally, the chief influences on the choreography ...

From the very beginning of the Martha Graham Dance Company’s three-week season at City Center in October, the Graham phenomenon threatened to overshadow the art. At ninety-three, Martha Graham ...

Once, as a child playing in her nursery, Martha Graham tried to improve the lighting in a cardboard theater by striking a match. When the whole set burst into flames, young Martha nimbly smothered it ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Once a young bunhead, the acclaimed musical artist is taking the stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company. For her, it’s holy grail territory. By ...

Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham held her first-ever performance on April 18, 1926 in New York City, and as her groundbreaking work reshaped the world of dance in the decades that followed, ...

When the Celebrity Series first brought the Martha Graham Dance Company to Boston, in 1945, the troupe was already 19 years old. Now approaching the century mark, the company is back this weekend for ...

Graham was a creative force in the performing arts. She wanted dance to express authentic, human emotions — a revolutionary idea in the late 1920s. 'Movement never lies': 100 years of the Martha ...

“Dances of the Mind,” the Martha Graham Dance Company’s program at the Joyce Theater through Sunday, comprises 11 works in three different mixed bills and celebrates the troupe’s 99th season. It is ...

The choreographer took a barefoot leap for modern dance 100 years ago. Her influence continues to reverberate. By Gia Kourlas Stars and luminaries honored the dance company’s 100th anniversary with ...

From 1967 through 2011, Deborah Jowitt wrote a weekly dance column for the Village Voice. Her substantial experience as a dancer, choreographer, critic, mother, teacher, and writer of a clutch of ...

In 1922, while on tour with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Martha Graham arrived in Chicago. In the Art Institute, she was arrested by the sight of an abstract painting. “I nearly fainted because at ...