In 1992, while interviewing choreographer Agnes de Mille for my biography of Rebecca West, we digressed to discuss the publication of her recent biography of a friend, Martha Graham. De Mille looked ...

Martha Graham's dance, Letter to the World, depicted the life of Emily Dickinson. Martha Graham played the role of Emily Dickinson. Little more than a half-mile separates the 19 th-century North Side ...

In 1929 an American critic, Henry McBride, observed that “the centre of the world has shifted” from Paris to New York. America did not just have cultural capital—it was becoming the West’s cultural ...

From 1967 through 2011, Deborah Jowitt wrote a weekly dance column for the Village Voice. Her substantial experience as a dancer, choreographer, critic, mother, teacher, and writer of a clutch of ...

Her connection to the great modern dancer lasted a lifetime, from studying with her as a child to leading the Martha Graham Dance Company as an artistic director. By Brian Seibert At 99, the Graham ...

Speaking to her audience on April 18, Janet Eilber—artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company—hailed the day as falling on the company’s 97th birthday. It was also the start of the group’s ...

Martha Graham was to 20th century American modern dance what Picasso was to art, Stravinsky was to music and Frank Lloyd Wright was to architecture. It was a revolution in all of the arts and Martha ...

Martha Graham Dance Company performed “ Every Soul is a Circus” during Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival on July 21, 2012. Photo by Wiki Commons. On Thursday, March 23, the University of ...

Dance Research Journal, a biannual publication of The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), is oriented primarily toward historical and critical theory of dance. DRJ features articles, book reviews, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Janet most graciously spared some time to be socially distant interviewed. Thank ...

It can feel overwhelming to watch a dance. But if you follow the hands, they can unlock the mysteries of a moving body. By Gia Kourlas Her connection to the great modern dancer lasted a lifetime, from ...