Unveiling the Mystery.(dancer Martha Graham's Primitive Mysteries)(Brief Article)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: June 1, 1999| Author: Horosko, Marian | Copyright information

Martha Graham's sixty-fifth dance, Primitive Mysteries, first performed in 1931 at the Craig Theater in New York City, became her signature piece. In 1964, Graham asked Yuriko (as she is known to everyone) if she would consider performing Graham's role of the Virgin. At first Yuriko hesitated; then she accepted and danced it with resounding success. For the Louis Horst Centennial Gala in 1984 and again for the Martha Graham Dance Company's season last February at the Joyce Theater,...

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