GRAHAM: Appalachian Spring (music: Copland) Cave of the Heart (music:
Barber) Maple Leaf Rag (music: Joplin) Cal Performances is thrilled to
welcome back the iconic Martha Graham Dance Company for the first time
in many seasons for a program of signature works. Graham dug deep into
the American psyche to define a new, homegrown, emotionally charged,
and socially engaged contemporary dance that would influence
generations to come. Her Appalachian Spring is a snapshot of a
thrilling moment in dance history: premiered in 1944, it featured a
score by Aaron Copland that earned him a Pulitzer Prize; Graham danced
the lead, opposite Merce Cunningham. The program also includes Cave of
the Heart (1946), based on the story of Medea, and Maple Leaf Rag
(1990), a playful tribute to the ragtime music of Graham's youth.
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