June 1 – 21, 2008

THE COMPANY
Founded in 1926 by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, the Martha Graham Dance Company is the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America. Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in more than 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Company has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, Covent Garden, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at the base of the Great Pyramids of Egypt and in the ancient Herod Atticus Theatre at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. In addition, the Company has also produced several award-winning films broadcast on PBS and around the world.

Though Martha Graham herself is the best-known alumna of her company, having danced from the Company’s inception until the late 1960s, the Company has provided a training ground for some of modern dance’s most illustrious performers and choreographers. Former members of the Company include Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, Pearl Lang, John Butler, Paul Taylor, Glen Tetley, Elisa Monte, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Donlin Foreman, and Pascal Rioult.

For more information on the Martha Graham Dance Company: www.marthagraham.org or MySpace