MEDIATHEK

A performance of five dances by Martha Graham and her dance troupe which exemplify diverse aspects of Graham's unique style of modern dance. 

Annotated reconstruction/recording of plays from 1938-1990:

1) „El Penitente“

YEAR: 1940
WITH: Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Eric Hawkins 

COSTUMES: Martha Graham
MUSIC: Louis Horst
LIGHTING: Jean Rosenthal
SETS: Isamu Noguchi

PERFORMANCE:
Kenneth Topping, Pascal Rioult, Joyce Herring

2) „Steps in the Street“

YEAR: 1936
MUSIC: Wallingford Riegger
COSTUMES: Martha Graham
LIGHTING: David Finley

PERFORMANCE:
Denise Vale, Camille Brown, Joyce Herring, Debra Kantor, Miki Orihara, Daniela Stasi, Myra Woodruff, Kathy Buccellato, Laura Jimenez, Theresa Maldonado, Maxine Sherman, Kim Stroud.

3) „Diversion of Angels“

YEAR: 1948
MUSIC: Norman Dello Joio
COSTUMES: Martha Graham
LIGHTING: Jean Rosenthal

PERFORMANCE:
Young-Ha Yoo, Laura Jimenez, Miki Orihara, Daniela Stasi, Myra Woodruff, Theresa Maldonado, Mario Camacho, Kathy Buccellato, Duane Cyrus, Maxine Sherman, Donlin Foreman

4) „Herodiade“

YEAR: 1944
WITH: Martha Graham, May O'Donnell

MUSIC: Paul Hindemith
COSTUMES: Martha Graham
SETS: Isamu Noguchi
LIGHTING: Jean Rosenthal

PERFORMANCE:
A woman - Takako Asakawa
Her Attendant - Christine Dakin

5) „Maple Leaf Rag“

YEAR: 1990
WITH: Miki Orihara, Tadej Brdnik und der Company
MUSIC: Scott Joplin
REGIE: Peter Mumford


PERFORMANCE:
Terese Capucilli, Camille Brown, Kathy Buccellato, Joyce Herring, Laura Jimenez, Theresa Maldonado, Miki Orihara, Maxine Sherman, Daniela Stasi, Kim Stroud, Denise Vale, Myra Woodruff, Floyd Flynn, Lyndon Branaugh, Mario Camacho, Duane Cyrus, Peter London, Pascal Rioult, Tancredo Tavares, Kenneth Topping, Young-Ha Yoo.

PIANIST/ARRANGEMENT: Christopher Landriau
MUSIC: Scott Joplin
COSTUMES: Calvin Klein
LIGHTING: David Finley

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