Blakeley White-McGuire, a principal dancer for the Martha Graham Dance Company, writes about her experience performing Clytemnestra in Paris via Dance Magazine : http://www.dancemagazine.com/blogs/guest-blog/2775
Today is the final day of the Martha Graham Company’s week-long run at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. What a thrill! It’s been a bit tiring dealing with jet lag, language [...]
Hello Louisiana Panorama Dancers,
I hope this finds you and your families safe and sound after Hurricane Gustav pounded through Baton Rouge. It must have been a frightening experience. The power is most likely still out, but when you get this message I have an assignment for you.
In relating art to life and vice versa – [...]
Thank you Baton Rouge Panorama dancers and thanks to Molly and Sharon of the Baton Rouge Ballet Theater. It was a great week full of new ideas and breakthroughs – what more can a dancer ask? I am looking forward to returning in October with the glorious dancers of the Martha Graham Dance Company to [...]
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After yesterday’s rehearsal, day 6, I noticed a marked improvement in the dancer’s technique. Meaning, alignment, initiation of movement, cup of the hand, shape of the arms, allowing gravity’s force to drop down through them into the Earth (floor). All of these awakenings lead me to believe that they are on their way.
They are beginning [...]
Yesterday’s rehearsal was challenging and rewarding – the best kind. On our fifth day, the challenge was to keep our inspiration and enthusiasm vital. The dancers have the basic choreography and patterns and are now developing their awareness of the technique which will give them power and focus. We worked on standing – something people [...]
Working with the dancers in Baton Rouge, my hometown, has been a real gift for me. Most of these dancers have had little or no Graham technique since it is not taught in the area. Even so, they have given there all and trusted me, a total stranger, to guide them through the process with [...]
