(Principal dancer) Appalachian Spring (music by Aaron Copland), premiere performance at Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1944.
Judith, Benjamin Franklin Congress Hall, Berlin, 1957.
Clytemnestra (premiere performance), Fifty-fourth Street Theatre,New York City, 1958.
(Principal dancer) Martha Graham and Company (program included selections from Seraphic Dialogue, Phaedra, Acrobats of God, Embattled Garden, A Look at Lightning, Alcestis, Samson Agonistes, Diversion of Angels, NightJourney, and Clytemnestra), Broadway Theatre, New York City, 1962.
(Principal dancer) Martha Graham and Dance Company (program included premieres of Cortege of Eagles, and Dancing Ground, and selections from Seraphic Dialogue, Embattled Garden, Secular Games, Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Legend of Judith, Cave of the Heart, Phaedra,Acrobat s of God, Part Real--Part Dream, Circe, Night Journey, and Clytemnestra, Fifty-fourth Street Theatre, 1965.
(Principal dancer) Martha Graham and Dance Company (program included selections from Seraphic Dialogue, Embattled Garden, premiere of Cortege of Eagles, Secular Games, Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Legend of Judith, Cave of the Heart, Phaedra, Acrobats of God, Dancing-GroundJourney, and Clytemnestra), Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City,1967.
The Neighborhood Playhouse at 50: A Celebration, Shubert Theatre,New York City, 1978.
In 1932, Graham was on the program that opened Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Credits; Stage Work; Choreographer
Appalachian Spring (music by Aaron Copland), premiere performanceat Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1944.
With George Balanchine, Episodes (music by Anton Webern), premiereperformance at New York City Center, 1959.
Martha Graham and Company (program included selections from Seraphic Dialogue, Phaedra, Acrobats of God, Embattled Garden, A Look at Lightning, Alcestis, Samson Agonistes, Diversion of Angels, Night Journey, and Clytemnestra), Broadway Theatre, 1962.
Martha Graham and Dance Company (program included premieres of The Witch of Endor and Part Real--Part Dream, and selections fromAcrobats of God, Appalachian Spring, Cave of the Heart, Circe, Clytemnestra, Diversion of Angels, Embattled Garden, Legend of Judith, Phaedra, Primitive Mysteries, Secular Games, and Seraphic Dialogue), Fifty-fourth Street Theatre, 1965.
Martha Graham and Dance Company (program included selections fromSeraphic Dialogue, Embattled Garden, premiere of Cortege of Eagles,Secular Games, Appalachian Spring, Diversion of Angels, Legend of Judith, Cave of the Heart, Phaedra, Acrobats of God, Dancing-Ground Journey, and Clytemnestra), Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1967.
Choreographer of 180 solo and group productions, including Heretic, 1929; Lamentation, 1930; Primitive Mysteries, music by LouisHorst, 1931; American Provincials, 1934, Frontier, 1935, musicby Horst; American Document, music by Ray Green, 1938; Every Soul Is a Circus, 1939, El Penitente, music by Horst, 1940; Letter tothe World, music by Hunter Johnson, 1940; Deaths and Entrances, music by Johnson, 1943; Herodiade, music by Paul Hindemith, 1944; Appalachian Spring, music by Aaron Copland, 1944; Dark Meadow, Carlos Chavez, 1946; Cave of the Heart, music by Samuel Barber, 1946; Errand into the Maze, music by Gian Carlo Menotti, 1947; Night Journey, music by William Schuman, 1947; Diversion of Angels, music by Norman Dello Joio, 1948; Seraphic Dialogue, music by Dello Joio, 1955; Clytemnestra, music by Halim El-Dabb, 1958; Episodes, 1959; Cortege of Eagles, music by Eugene Lester, 1967; Acts of Light, 1981;Rite of Spring, 1984; Persephone, music by Stravinsky, 1987; Maple Leaf Rag, music by Scott Joplin, 1990. Also adapted Edward Lear'spoem, "The Owl and the Pussycat," and coached Liza Minnelli, who narrated the movements of the Graham dancers, 1978.
Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
The Ray Perkins Revue, NBC, June 22, 1939.
"Martha Graham Dance Company," Great Performances: Dance in America, PBS, 1976.
"Trailblazers of Modern Dance," Great Performances: Dance in America, PBS, 1977.
"Clytemnestra," Great Performances: Dance in America, PBS,1979.
Also guest on Night of 100 Stars II, presented and later telecast,both 1985.
Credits; Television Appearances; Movies
A Dancer's World (lecture/demonstration), WQED (Pittsburgh), 1957.
Credits; Television Work; Choreographer
"Clytemnestra," Great Performances: Dance in America, PBS,May 30, 1979.
Also choreographer for television films, including Appalachian Spring, and Night Journey.
(Contributor) Virginia Stewart, editor, Modern Dance, E. Weyne, 1935, revised edition, 1984.
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