The legendary Martha Graham Dance Company stages a new collaboration by Jamar Roberts, former resident choreographer of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Grammy-winning composer Rhiannon Giddens. This performance also includes two of Graham's final creations: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and the playful Maple Leaf Rag, with irresistible music by Scott Joplin.
As the most celebrated modern dance company in America, the Martha Graham Dance Company has influenced generations of artists and continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Always a fertile ground for experimentation, Martha Graham Dance Company has been an unparalleled resource in nurturing many of the leading choreographers and dancers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The groundbreaking techniques and unmistakable style of its founder, Martha Graham, have radically expanded the vocabulary of dance, rooting it in social, psychological, and sexual ideas and forever altering the scope of the art form.
