A glorious Saturday afternoon “Pillow Talk” in Blake’s Barn

by Neil | Aug 21, 2023 | Uncategorized

What an honor and a pleasure to spend a wonderful hour on August 19th talking with Jacob’s Pillow scholar-in-residence Maura Keefe about Martha Graham – When Dance Became Modern before a blessedly attentive capacity audience — and then to sign (many)...

Thoughts upon noticing my new book on Martha Graham displayed in the window of the Rizzoli Bookstore on 26th Street & Broadway in “NoMad”

by Neil | Dec 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

A fine pre-holiday winter evening in Manhattan, as I make my way down town on the west side of Broadway through throngs of darkly-clad young people, out and about, strolling couples, groups of friends waiting in line for a scoop of gelato, wining and dining at leisure...

Canticle for Innocent Comedians by Martha Graham in Three Movements

by Neil | Apr 11, 2022 | martha graham

First movement – The program note written by Janet Eilber, artistic director of the Martha Graham Company, with interpolations and elaborations by NB: Martha Graham created Canticle for Innocent Comedians in 1952, taking the title and inspiration from the 1938...

Presenting – Martha Graham – When Dance Became Modern

by Neil | Aug 14, 2020 | martha graham

“It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer,” Martha Graham wrote…and it takes more than ten years (as I have now come to learn) to make a book about a transcendent artist and person. Martha Graham – When Dance Became Modern will be published by Knopf on October...