TO THE BATON ROUGE CAST OF MARTHA GRAHAM’S PANORAMA
Welcome to the world of Martha Graham! This is Janet Eilber - Blakeley tells me that you are doing a great job and have already mapped out all of Panorama! We thought you might like to visit this site and learn more about another production of Panorama that happened earlier this summer at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy the photos, video clips and comments from another group of young dancers who you are now related to in a way (if not by blood, at least by shin splints!)
And I would love to learn more about you! So what do you think about this Panorama experience? Is it what you expected? What’s the hardest thing about it for you? I’m sure it’s a lot different from other dances you have performed — could you describe that difference? Do you love it, hate it or are you not sure yet?! Please post a comment and let us in on your process. We would love to hear more about what’s going on down there with our newest branch of the extended Graham family.
Regards to all of you who were part of the Skidmore residency! Even though the Graham Company’s schedule was beyond full in the weeks following Skidmore, we have missed you and our time together. Many of us have commented on the remarkable synergy created at Skidmore — a combination of hard work, concentration, discovery, accomplishment and above all, creativity. This was all simmered in a wonderful connection between different levels of artistry — students, emerging artists, professional artists. Everyone involved in the residency fit under each of these categories at one point or another, and we were surrounded by this amazing creative energy and exchange.
Our work at Skidmore has inspired us to find new ways to connect with young artists and develop new possibilities with university students. We’re currently planning a residency at New York University — the next step in the Clytemnestra Project — and exploring ideas to involve students and audiences at other campuses. In the next few weeks, we’ll be alerting you to Clytemnestra ReMashed, an online competition that is based on your Name-calling projects (!)
We’d love to hear more about you and “Life After Skidmore” — what’s your perspective on your Graham experience now that you’ve had a few weeks to think about it? Has it inspired any changes in the way you dance, the way you think, the way you live? Do you miss us at all?
Also: Do you have any ideas for us about staying connected? Is anybody interested in participating in a Q&A with company members? Any projects that we might initiate online that would engage you and others? A live chat of some kind?
While we wait for the answers to roll in, check out some of your colleagues in this new video posted on YouTube and Carly’s blog for Dance Spirit
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Welcome to the world of Martha Graham! This is Janet Eilber - Blakeley tells me that you are doing a great job and have already mapped out all of Panorama! We thought you might like to visit this site and learn more about another production of Panorama that happened earlier this summer at Skidmore College in Saratoga, New York.
