Cornish College of the Arts and the Seattle Theatre Group present Day of Dance: the Life and Legacy of Martha Graham, a free lecture-demonstration about American modern dance pioneer Martha Graham. The lecture-demonstration will include an introduction to Graham’s artistic legacy by Susan McLain, former member of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Students of the Cornish College Dance Department will demonstrate the Graham modern dance technique and perform Graham’s masterwork Diversion of Angels.
Day of Dance: the Life and Legacy of Martha Graham is part of a four-week visiting artist residency at Cornish with Peter Sparling and Susan McLain, both former soloists with the Martha Graham Dance Company. During the residency, Cornish College of the Arts will restage dance pioneer Martha Graham’s signature masterwork Diversion of Angels in celebration of Graham’s first solo performance at Cornish in 1930. The residency will culminate in performances of Diversion of Angels by the Cornish Dance Theater, the Dance Department’s performing ensemble, November 18-19, 2005 at Broadway Performance Hall.
The project is made possible through major contributions from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Boeing Company and the National College Choreography Initiative (NCCI), a Leadership Initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered by Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance. Additional funding for this project has been provided by the Bossak-Heilbron Foundation, and E.K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation.
