Jacob's Pillow's 2026 festival salutes "mother of modern dance" Martha Graham with a new Hope Boykin work, a Tanglewood ...

Martha Graham Dance Company’s Second Company will present a festive holiday performance suitable for all ages. Crafts and snacks for the younger set will be part of this family matinee, as well as a ...

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 ...

The Auditorium will present the Martha Graham Dance Company in a one-night-only performance. Martha Graham Dance Company is ...

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 ...

BECKET — At Jacob's Pillow, Martha Graham’s historic roots are profound. “Pillow Founder Ted Shawn was Martha’s first teacher,” said Janet Eilber, artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company.

For those of us who care about Martha Graham, it’s been a bumpy ride. I got on board in 1958, the year of Graham’s full-evening dance-drama Clytemnestra, the first work of hers I ever saw. To some ...

Dancer and choreographer Martha Graham held her first-ever performance on April 18, 1926 in New York City, and as her groundbreaking work reshaped the world of dance in the decades that followed, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the arts, from theater and dance to film and design. This article is more than 4 years old. Photo of Martha Graham Dance ...

The Martha Graham Dance Company—at the Joyce until Sunday, April 14—is back from the land of the living dead. Half a dozen years ago it had two or three dancers you were glad to see, but on the whole ...

Prominent Philadelphia drag queen Martha Graham Cracker, whom you might remember from this 2014 feature we did in the magazine, has been selling out houses all over the city (and beyond) since 2005.