Martha Graham Dance Company Presents GRAHAMDECONSTRUCTED, 5/2-3

The Martha Graham Dance Company's May GrahamDeconstructed event will focus on the Martha Graham Technique, Graham's codified physical vocabulary that has been compared to classical ballet in its scope. The evening will include a discussion about the creation of the technique and its essential elements. The Company will demonstrate highlights from a Graham class and will dance excerpts from Graham works that show the use of the technique as a language for the stage. Featured works include two solos for Medea from Cave of the Heart and "Steps in the Street" from Chronicle.

GrahamDeconstructed will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, May 2-3, at 7pm. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online at www.marthagraham.org. The Martha Graham Studio Theater is located at 55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor (at the corner of Washington Street), in Manhattan.

GrahamDeconstructed offers audiences a unique opportunity to view great Graham works up close and to hear about the artistic and historical context of their creation from Artistic Director Janet Eilber. The program provides a glimpse of the artistic labor that goes on every day at the Martha Graham studios to preserve and augment Martha Graham's great legacy.

About the Martha Graham Dance Company

The Martha Graham Dance Company has been a leader in the development of contemporary dance since its founding in 1926. Today, the Company is embracing a new programming vision that showcases masterpieces by Graham alongside newly commissioned works by contemporary artists. With programs that unite the work of choreographers across time within a rich historical and thematic narrative, the Company is actively working to create new platforms for contemporary dance and multiple points of access for audiences.

Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in more than 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, and the Middle East. The Company has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, Covent Garden, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at the base of the Great Pyramids in Egypt and in the ancient Herod Atticus Theatre on the Acropolis in Athens. In addition, the Company has also produced several award-winning films broadcast on PBS and around the world. www.marthagraham.org

(PHOTO CREDIT: Martha Graham Dance Company Facebook)

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