Martha Graham

Michael Uthoff: Life of an Artist

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 05.09.2012

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Michael Uthoff is an artist and the son of artists. He is a dancer and a choreographer, an artistic director and administrator and above all, Michael Uthoff is a teacher.

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Interview With Martha Graham Principals

Christopher Atamian | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: The Joyce Theater, Tadej Brdnik, Martha Graham, Balekeley White-McGuire, Phaedra, Errand Into the Maze, Yvonne Rainer, Contemporary Dance, Arts News
Christopher Atamian

This interview with Martha Graham Dance Company principals Tadej Brdnik and Blakeley White-McGuire was conducted in March before the company's annual run at the Joyce.

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Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater

Debra Levine | Posted 05.21.2012

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Debra Levine

Last week was heady for American modern dance in New York. The Martha Graham Dance Company performed historic works from the great one's canon at the Joyce Theater.

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Prima Ballerina Goes Contemporary In New Martha Graham Dance

The Huffington Post | Amber Genuske | Posted 03.14.2012

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Martha Graham forever changed contemporary dance when she came onto the scene in 1926 with her Center of Contemporary Dance. Eighty-six years later an...

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The Bolshoi Ballet In Theaters

Posted 03.12.2012

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The Global Search for Education: Where Is the Next Martha Graham?

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: The Joyce Theater, C. M. Rubin, Martha Graham Dance Company, Cameron Basden, The Global Search for Education, Peter London Global Dance Theater, Dance Education, Hartt School at University of Hartford, American Dance, Martha Graham, Robert Battle, Ohad Naharin, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Mary Harney, Janet Eilber, Education News
C. M. Rubin

How important is dance to life? How important is oxygen to life? In American culture today, Martha Graham's legacy serves as a constant reminder of the importance of dance in our lives.

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20 Visionary Women in New Angella Nazarian Book, 'Pioneers of the Possible'

Jay Weston | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Ella Fitzgerald, Martha Graham, Angella Nazarian, SBE Entertainment, Conchita Cintron, Mata Amritanandamayi, Pioneers of the Possible, Book Party, Los Angeles News
Jay Weston

Nazarian selected 20 stirring success stories of women, some living and some deceased, who have made a difference. The list includes writers, artists, politicians, spiritual leaders, business moguls, architects, athletes and activists.

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New Exhibit At Library of Congress Looks At The Politics Of Dance

AP | Posted 02.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Throughout much of the 20th century, choreographers created political dances that protested injustices, advocated reforms and showed div...

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Online Dance Contest Makes You Say What You're Feeling

AP | By VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 01.19.2012

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NEW YORK -- The Martha Graham Dance Company wants to know: What are you thinking – or feeling? That's the question participants worldwide must ...

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Pioneers: Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring

Network Awesome | Posted 02.20.2012

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Network Awesome

Martha Graham could be called the Great American Dancer, but quite simply, she is one of the most influential dancers and choreographers of all time.

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Becoming an Ageless Joy-hunter

Angella Nazarian | Posted 01.03.2012

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Angella Nazarian

Our culture is picking up on the reality that there is no expiration date on passion. One can have it in their nineties, while some lose it in their youth.

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A Sour Note at Carnegie Hall Few Heard, Coming From Above

John Farr | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Bill Cunningham Documentary, John Turturro, IFC Center, Lost Bohemia, John Barrymore, Vincent Van Gogh, Jane Fonda, Spencer Tracy, Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, Leonard Bernstein, Best Movies by Farr, Isadora Duncan, Lionel Barrymore, Sanford Weill, Blazing Saddles, Marilyn Monroe, Enrico Caruso, Jason Robards, Carnegie Hall, Elia Kazan, Bill Cunningham, Isaac Stern, It's a Wonderful Life, George Balanchine, Josef Astor, Best Movies on DVD, Paul Newman, Cecil B. DeMille, Best Movies, Bill Cunningham New York, Norman Mailer, Paddy Chayefsky, Chelsea Handler, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Entertainment News
John Farr

The Carnegie Studios made it possible for artists to live as true bohemians: to enjoy the freedom of being deliciously different and quirky. I suppose it was simply too good to last.

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Watch Google's Dancing Logo

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.11.2011

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Google is celebrating the 117th birthday of dancer Martha Graham with an amazing animated doodle on the Google home page. Graham was born in 1894 ...

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What Is Wrong With the Arts?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Kaiser

The arts are in a parlous state, but contrary to popular belief, it isn't the fault of unions or the absence of arts education in our schools. The arts are in trouble because there is simply not enough excellent art being created.

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Gus Solomons Jr. dancer / choreographer / writer / actor / PARADIGM - shifter

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Edwards

I began my conversation with Gus Solomons Jr. by saying, "as a dancer, age is such a..." "MYTH!" Solomons interjected. And then, grimacing, he added...

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Astoria Characters: The Saw Lady

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Ruhling

Does Natalia Paruz's tune come from heaven or hell? It emanates from a saw -- the carpenter's tool that's used to cut wood.

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Art [Hearts] Dance: Joseph Cornell and Karen Kilimnik Come Together in a Romantic Ballet

Marina Cashdan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Creed, Akram Khan, Armitage Gone! Dance, Joseph Cornell, Sprueth Magers, Yuriko Kikuchi, Antony Gormley, Martha Graham, Sarah Warsop, Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance, Jeff Koons, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Clifton Taylor, Pearl Lang, Karen Kilimnik, David Salle, Karole Armitage, Siobhan Davies Dance, Idris Khan, Allegra Kent, Slideshow, Arts News
Marina Cashdan

In the recent documentary about Alice Neel made by her grandson Andrew Neel, Neel said about her paintings, "I go so out of myself and into them [the ...

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Culture Zohn: American Idiot: Does It Speak Across Generations?

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia Zohn

2010-04-30-zohnpull.jpg I had worn my short, black, pointy booties, tight black pants and a semi see-through black sweater, but from the moment I entered the theater I was worrying, "Am I too old for American Idiot?"

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New York Fashion Week, Day Four: Victoria Beckham (PHOTOS)

Jim Shi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Shi

Simply put: Beckham has got it going on. In the collection of dresses and gowns she presented on Sunday, there were no signs of growing pains one might normally expect from a relatively new designer.

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Giving Thanks for Action

Bob McKinnon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Actions Speak Loudest, Bill Clinton, Do Something, Children, Politics, Thanksgiving, change.org, Martha Graham, Action, Climate Change, Childhood Obesity, Volunteer Match, Mike Huckabee, Margaret Mead, Henry David Thoreau, All for Good, Carbon Rally, Health Care, Books, Policy, Do Good, Distraction, Politics News
Bob McKinnon

When habitual distractions trump deliberate actions we focus on politics instead of policy, the selfish vs. the selfless, and the "urgent" vs. the important. We much change the action-distraction equation.

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