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Join the Jerome Robbins Dance Division for its annual symposium, where the current class of Dance Research Fellows will present their projects on Martha Graham and her legacy as her company celebrates its centennial anniversary.
The Jerome Robbins Dance Division’s annual symposium is the culmination of the Dance Research Fellowship, an annual cohort of dance scholars and artists invited to research a specific aspect of dance. This year’s class features Michael Byrne, Kim Jones, Alexandra Kamerling, Lloyd Knight, Virginie Mécène, and Alexa West, who explore the work and legacy of Martha Graham.
The symposium consists of an all-day series of presentations by these fellows at the Library for the Performing Arts.
A virtual symposium will happen on February 2.
10:00 AM – Virginie Mécène
Reimagining and Rechoreographing Lost Solos of Martha Graham: Revolt (1927) and Immigrant (1928)
11:00 AM – Kim Jones
Fragmented Memories of Korea’s First Female Modern Dancer Choi Seung Hee: A Re-Imagining of her “Lost” Work During the Japanese Occupation
12:00 PM – Michael Byrne
Lament for the Land: Monumentality, Identity, and Innovation in Martha Graham’s American Document
2:00 PM – Alexa West
Dramatic Objects: Set and Prop Design of Martha Graham
3:00 PM – Alexandra Kamerling
A Formal Feeling: Poetic Scores in Martha Graham’s Letter to the World
4:00 PM – Lloyd Knight
Martha’s Influence… “The Effect of the Necessity”… Hers & Mine
Photo of Martha Graham by George Platt Lynes, 1940s. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
SEATING POLICY | Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested. Check-in line forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Registered guests are given priority check-in 15 to 30 minutes before start time. Five minutes before the advertised start time, all seats are released, regardless of registration, to our patrons in the stand-by line. If you arrive after the program starts, you will be seated at the discretion of our front-of-house staff.
STANDBY LINE | If registration is sold out or has ended, do not fret! We welcome you to come to the Library regardless of registration status and wait in our standby line, which forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Five minutes before the program starts, all remaining seats are released. While this is not guaranteed, we will do our best to get you into any of our programs.
ASSISTIVE LISTENING AND ASL | ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing accessibility@nypl.org.
BRUNO WALTER POLICY | Please note that any unoccupied seat will be released five minutes before the show begins and holding seats for anyone beyond that is prohibited. There is no food or drink allowed inside the venue.
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PRESS | Please send all press inquiries to Alex Teplitzky at alexteplitzky@nypl.org. Please note that all recording, including professional video recordings, are prohibited without expressed consent from the Library.
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