In 1992, while interviewing choreographer Agnes de Mille for my biography of Rebecca West, we digressed to discuss the publication of her recent biography of a friend, Martha Graham. De Mille looked ...

Martha Graham's dance, Letter to the World, depicted the life of Emily Dickinson. Martha Graham played the role of Emily Dickinson. Little more than a half-mile separates the 19 th-century North Side ...

In 1929 an American critic, Henry McBride, observed that “the centre of the world has shifted” from Paris to New York. America did not just have cultural capital—it was becoming the West’s cultural ...

From 1967 through 2011, Deborah Jowitt wrote a weekly dance column for the Village Voice. Her substantial experience as a dancer, choreographer, critic, mother, teacher, and writer of a clutch of ...

“Dances of the Mind,” the Martha Graham Dance Company’s program at the Joyce Theater through Sunday, comprises 11 works in three different mixed bills and celebrates the troupe’s 99th season. It is ...

Martha Graham Dance Company is bringing back Deaths and Entrances (1943) to include in its 99th anniversary season as part of the eclectic Dances of the Mind program running April 1-13 at The Joyce ...

It can feel overwhelming to watch a dance. But if you follow the hands, they can unlock the mysteries of a moving body. By Gia Kourlas Her connection to the great modern dancer lasted a lifetime, from ...