MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY TO PLAY PARIS At The Historic Théâtre du Châtelet, April 14th – 18th 2009
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
TO PLAY PARIS At The Historic Théâtre du Châtelet
A month prior to NYC engagement
The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America, will play a special Paris engagement at the historic Théâtre du Châtelet April 14 – 18, 2009. They will be performing three separate programs of Graham classics some making their Paris premiere at the 2,500 seat theatre a month before their New York City engagement.
Paul Szilard Productions, Inc. in association with ATTRACT Productions (Greece) is presenting the Martha Graham Dance Company in a special New York City engagement at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South, Tuesday, May 12th – Saturday, May 16th. The acclaimed company will be performing two programs of Grahams’ classics and on Thursday, May 14th there will be a special Gala honoring international impresario Paul Szilard. (guests & program tba).
Program A (5/12; 15; 16 eve): Clytemnestra. This classic tale of love, betrayal and murder at the time of the Trojan War is reimagined by Graham through the eyes of Agamemnon’s queen, the all-powerful Clytemnestra. The full-length Clytemnestra, is a landmark work not seen in its entirety in decades. Recently reconstructed for the company’s 50th anniversary, it’s believed by many to be Graham’s finest dance-drama built on Greek mythology and the great Greek tragedies. Fang-yi Sheu to dance the lead.
Program B (5/13; 16 mat): A program of diverse repertory:. “Sketches from Chronicle” Errand Into The Maze; Maple Leaf Rag and Lamentation Variations (Choreography by Aszure Barton, Larry Keigwin and Richard Move Conceived by Janet Eilber). All programming subject to change.
Founded in 1926 by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, the Martha Graham Dance Company (Janet Eilber, Artistic Director; LaRue Allen, Executive Director) is the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America. Since its inception, the Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout the world. Martha Graham choreographed 181 works in her lifetime. Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, having danced from the Company’s inception until the late 1960’s, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance’s most illustrious performers and choreographers including: Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang, Elisa Monte, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley, and Pascal Rioult. Among celebrities who have joined the Company in performance are Mikhail Baryshnikov, Claire Bloom, Margot Fonteyn, Liza Minnelli, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, and Kathleen Turner. The Martha Graham Dance Company has commissioned works from Twyla Tharp, Robert Wilson, Susan Stroman, Lucinda Childs, and Maurice Béjart. http://marthagraham.org/company/
A former leading dancer, Paul Szilard has performed throughout the worlds. As a world-renowned impresario, he has presented such prestigious dance companies as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (the exclusive international representative for over 37 years), New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater to name a few. He produced / presented the Bavarian National Ballet of the Munich State Opera; American Ballet Theater; the Alvin Ailey company. Some of the internationally acclaimed artists presented by Mr. Szilard include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Eric Bruhn, Patrick Dupond, Judith Jamison, John Taras, Violette Verdy, Donna Wood and many others. Mr. Szilard produced the first Japanese tour of “West Side Story” with an American cast rehearsed by Jerome Robbins. It was the first English language Broadway show from New York to appear there. His acclaimed autobiography, Under My Wings: My Life as an Impresario, was published in 2002.
Tickets are now on sale. Performances: Tuesday & Wednesday 7:30pm; Friday & Saturday 8:00pm; Saturday 2:00pm matinee and the Gala on Thursday (5/14) at 7:00pm honoring Paul Szilard. Regular tickets are $35 – $65 and are available now through the Skirball Box Office (212) 352-3101 (Tues.–Sat. 12pm – 6pm) and online at http://www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu
Topics: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theater, Aszure Barton, ATTRACT Productions, Bavarian National Ballet of the Munich State Opera, Claire Bloom, Clytemnestra, Donna Wood, Elisa Monte, Eric Bruhn, Erick Hawkins, Errand Into the Maze, Fang-yi Sheu, Glen Tetley, Janet Eilber, Jerome Robbins, John Taras, Judith Jameson, Kathleen Turner, Lamentation Variations, Larry Keigwin, Liza Minnelli, Lucinda Childs, Maple Leaf Rag, Margot Fonteyn, Martha Graham, Martha Graham Dance Company, Maurice Béjart, Maya Plisetskaya, Merce Cunningham, Mikhail Baryshnikov, New York City Ballet, Pascal Rioult, Patrick Dupond, Paul Szilard, Paul Taylor, Pearl Lang, Richard Move, Robert Wilson, Rudolph Nureyev, Sketches from Chronicle, Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Susan Stroman, Théâtre du Châtelet, Twyla Tharp, Violette Verdy, west Side Story
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