Newman Center Presents: Martha Graham Dance Company - Essential Martha - Prelude and Revolt April 20, 2010

This special performance, including archival film clips, still photos, and narration interwoven with dancing from Graham's prodigious body of work, offers a kind of guided tour of Graham's revolutionary and long creative career.

Essential Graham includes parts of Helios and Conversation of Lovers from Acts of Light, and excerpts from some of Graham's larger works such as Clytemnestra and Appalachian Spring, along with the following dances: Denishoawn solo montage, Gnossienne, Tanagra, Incense, Serenata Morisca, Lamentaion, and Spectre. *

Program made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts' American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative, administrered by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

* Program is subject to change.

Join us at 6:30 Behind The Curtain for a FREE lecture about tonight's performance. Tickets are not required for the pre-performance talks and no RSVP is necessary.

Purchase tickets in person at the Newman Center Box Office, open 10am - 4pm, Mon - Fri (2344 East Iliff Ave, SW corner of University & Iliff), and at the Ritchie Center Box Office, open 10am - 6pm, Mon - Fri (2240 E. Buchtel Blvd).

Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 982-ARTS (2787) or by ordering online at ticketmaster.com, and at all Ticketmaster outlets.

For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, call 303-871-7720, Option 2.

Official Website: http://www.du.edu/newmancenter/