Martha in Rochester’s Eastman School 1925-1926
The Spring 2023 issue of The Rochester Review features a cover story on Martha Graham's brief tenure teaching at the Eastman School from Fall 1925-Spring 1926 along with an excerpt from Martha Graham - When Dance Became Modern and an interview with Neil Baldwin...
An illuminating Curtain Chat at the Joyce Theater in NYC
A provocative, graceful trio of vintage and contemporary -- Embattled Garden, Cortege 2023, and Canticle for Innocent Comedians -- brought the Joyce Theater audience to its feet at the second night of the Martha Graham Dance Company spring 2023 season. Then it was a...
When Dance Became Modern at the Toronto Public Library
On the evening of April 17, it was my great honor and pleasure to be hosted by the Toronto Public Library for a discussion about MARTHA GRAHAM. Elspeth Harding, (left), Senior Producer, Cultural and Special Events, welcomed me to the Appel Salon with impeccable charm;...
The joys of reading at Hazel Elementary School Kindergarten, West Orange, NJ – March 31, 2023.
Remembering Stuart Hodes – Nov 27, 1924 – March 15, 2023
I read of Stuart Hodes' passing in The New York Times this morning -- and, despite my sadness, have been walking around NYC smiling, inwardly and outwardly, all day long, remembering his angular energy and quick wit and eloquent passion for dance and life. I was...
BIO International asks, “Would you Rather…?”
Eloquent exponent of modernism – Nicholas Fox Weber on MARTHA GRAHAM.
Women’s History Month 2023 – Christa Wolf – Lest we forget
"We forget too easily: woman as an intellectual has existed in appreciable numbers only for the last sixty or seventy years. We know stories of her and about her, but her history -- a history of incredible exertion and courage, but also of incredible self-denial and...
Kudos to the Denver Public Library…
...for connecting Martha Graham's enduring legacy with the Paul Taylor Dance Company - coming to the University of Denver Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts - starting March 27th. Click here and scroll down to see the library's Martha Graham - When...
Necessity meets Nostalgia: De-accessioning the Archive
Steve Clay and Mary Catherine Kinniburgh of the venerable Granary Books came to see me today. Can it be that a half-century has passed since I founded The Niagara Magazine, published my dissertation on the manuscripts and letters of William Carlos Williams, received...
Carter G. Woodson remembered
I was listening to a group of Black high school students in Florida responding to Governor DeSantis' dictum about cancelling the AP African American Studies course - and this young man said, "It's like they're saying we have no history" -- and my thoughts instantly...
Martha to Anna – Varieties and Anxieties of Influence
Our one-hour webinar on Thursday evening, January 19, 2023, exploring the complex affinities and inevitable divergences of Martha Graham and Anna Sokolow, was well-attended, lively and provocative. And it took a village of dance people. Gratitude and kudos to Samantha...