Martha Graham Dance Company

About Me

I believe that we learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. In each, it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which comes shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit. One becomes, in some area, an athlete of God.Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.I think the reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living. Many times I hear the phrase "the dance of life." It is close to me for a very simple and understandable reason. The instrument through which the dance speaks is also the instrument through which life is lived: the human body. It is the instrument by which all the primaries of experience are made manifest. It holds in its memory all matters of life and death and love.-Martha Graham

My Interests

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Layout created by Jacqueline Bulnes and Lloyd Knight .
Video created by Jacqueline Elder .

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2007

Nov 12-13 The Lane Center (Frostburg State) in Frostburg, MD
Nov 15 Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, WV
Feb 1 Tillis Center in Greenvale, NY
Feb 8 University of Florida in Gainsville, FL
Feb 15 Mulroy Center in Syracuse, NY
NOTE ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE

DANCER NEWS

Performance To find out more about the upcoming DRA Performance in PlaybillArts News,
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Article To see an article about our performances in Philadelphia,
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Article To see an article about Jennifer DePalo and Hudson Falls,
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Article To see an article about Yuriko at SMU,
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Article To see an article in Cleveland.com about our performance in Cleveland,
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Article To see an article in Cleveland.com about our upcoming performance,
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Review To see an article from the Washington Post,
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News To see an article about the Dance Notation Bureaus plan to notate seven Martha Graham pieces,
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CHECK OUT THESE BLOGS

BLOG Check out this blog space for dancers! Miki Orihara, our principal dancer, is a contributor. Just go to thewinger.com

I'd like to meet:

COMPANY PHOTOGRAPH
BACK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT- Tadej Brdnik, Jacqueline Bulnes, Janet Eilber, George Smallwood, Sevin Ceviker, David Martinez, Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, Blakeley White- McGuire, David Zurak, Maurizio Nardi.
MIDDLE ROW LEFT TO RIGHT- Katherine Crockett, Sadira Smith, Jacquelyn Elder, Oliver Tobin, Elizabeth Auclair, Jennifer DePalo, Yuko Giannakis.
FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT- Lloyd Knight, Miki Orihara, Mariya Dashkina Maddux, Atsuko Tonohata.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST PRINCIPAL DANCERS!
Congratulations to Jennifer DePalo, Maurizio Nardi and Blakeley White-McGuire (above order) who were just promoted from soloists to principals this year!
You are each so beautiful!
We love you!

MARTHA GRAHAM: DANCE ON FILM DVD SPECIAL!

GREAT NEWS!
Get 25% off our New DVD!

"Martha Graham: Dance on Film" is a collaboration of all Martha Graham Films plus MUCH more! It includes two wonderful dvd's! CLICK HERE for a link to the Martha Graham Company site to get the discount code!

CONGRATULATIONS MAURIZIO AND JENNIFER!

Maurizio Nardi and Jennifer Depalo just won an award titled, "Les Etoiles de Ballet2000"!

The award "Les Etoiles de Ballet2000" is an award organized by the popular european magazine dedicated to the art of dance Ballet2000 and is assigned by a selection of the greatest dance critics in Europe and the USA to artist that have proven great talent in the past season. The two will dance in the gala and receive this award on December 1, 9:00pm at the Palais des Festivales in Cannes, France.

Below are all the dancers who will be performing in the gala who have also received awards:

Roberta MARQUEZ et Steven Mc RAE Royal Ballet of London
Venus VILLA et Daniil SIMKIN Vienna Opera Ballet
Mathilde FROUSTEY et Mathias HEYMANN Paris Opera Ballet
Natalia OSIPOVA et Ivan VASILIEV BolchoÃ¯ Ballet
Jennifer DEPALO-RIVIERA et Maurizio NARDI Martha Graham Dance Company of New York
Julie GARDETTE et Semyon CHUDIN Zurich Opera Ballet
--On the same night, Violette Verdy will received an award titled, "Prix IrÃ¨ne Lidova Ã la CarriÃ¨re".

My Blog

Even More Pictures!

More pictures of Embattled Garden, Errand into the Maze and the theatre!...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:38:00 PST

More Pictures!

here are more pictures of our performances in philadelphia. pics of incense, lamentation, chronicle and panorama!...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:32:00 PST

People live for Graham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Date: Nov 13, 2007 12:24 PMSubject: !!!!!!WOW! What a joy it was learning Panorama and then finding out that we were going to be performing it in your concert!!! (I LIVE for Graham.)I remember years a...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST

Philadelphia Pictures!

Here are some pictures of our trip to Philadelphia! The last one is a picture of the University of the Arts dancers who joined the Graham Company in our performances in Philly. These beautiful dance...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:54:00 PST

Another job well done :)

From: LG On: Oct 27 2007 4:07 PM "i saw the company perform last night at George Mason University's Center for the Arts....it was amazing, congratulations on a job well done!!! also, thank you for a...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:17:00 PST

A note from a true fan............

Oct 18, 2007Subject: Tucson dancer againBody: Hi There= I just wanted 2 thank U on behalf of the dancers @ Pima College 4 the wonderful Master class that Elizabeth gave on Monday. Graham's technique...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:34:00 PST

CHECK OUT THE FINAL CASTING FOR OUR UPCOMING JOYCE SEASON!

JOYCE CASTINGSUBJECT TO CHANGE August 11, 2007TUESDAY Sept 11 7:30LamentationVariations by Aszure Barton, Larry Keigwin and Richard Move (not necessarily in this order):Aszure Barton:, Yuko, Miki...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:44:00 PST

MIKI ORIHARA- REPORT FROM HAMBURG GALA!!!!!

Prior to Hamburg, I visited Berlin. Berlin is the hot city now. It is bubbling. Even I was there for 2 days, I could feel things are coming up. It was exciting to visit not work related. 7/13 The day...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:18:00 PST

Check out pictures of the Miki and Tadej in the Hamburg Ballet Gala

Pictures taken during Hamburg Ballet Gala performance of Miki Orihara and Tadej Brdnik....
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:34:00 PST

RUMOR ;)

Rumor has it that 3 choreographers will do a special project with the Martha Graham Dance Company for its Joyce season this year. Rumor also has it that those choreographers are Aszur Barton, Richard ...
Posted by Martha Graham Dance Company on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:50:00 PST