March 5th, 2009

Observations: From YouTube to the Wells

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February 23rd, 2009

La Martha Graham Dance Company e il “Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge”

February 18th, 2009

Martha Graham’s Clytemnestra “ReMash”

In October 2008, the Martha Graham Dance Company performed the world premiere of the 50th Anniversary production of Graham’s full-evening ballet Clytemnestra to a sold-out theater in Athens.

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February 15th, 2009

New York Times

February 9th, 2009

Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge at Check website - Time Out New York

The Martha Graham Dance Company kicks off an online video competition, in which participants are given the chance to recreate moments from Graham’s 1958 Clytemnestra…..

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February 3rd, 2009

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January 27th, 2009

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January 26th, 2009:

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New York Times

The Associated Press

Dance company creates an online video competition
The Associated Press - Jan 26, 2009
The winning footage in “The Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge” will premiere during the company’s New York season in May.

“We are reaching out to contestants …

NYC dance company holds Web contest

The Associated Press

By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press Writer

If ever you wanted to dance for the Martha Graham Dance Company, now’s your chance.

The company is launching a global competition asking anyone who’s cyber-savvy to transform the late choreographer’s masterpiece, “Clytemnestra,” into a brief online video.

The challenge: picking a character from the story and creating a four-minute scene linked to today’s life…

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PRESS RELEASE

Tadej Brdnik
tbrdnik@marthagraham.org
(212) 397 7890
The Martha Graham Dance Company

Martha Graham Dance Company Launches
Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge

Online Video Competition to Recreate moments from Martha Graham’s Greatest Masterpiece, “Clytemnestra”

Winning Video will Premiere during Martha Graham Dance Company’s
New York Season in May 2009

New York, NY – January 26th, 2009 — The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest and most celebrated dance company in America, today announces the launch of its online video competition, The Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge.  The Graham Company is calling for short videos that reinvent and transform moments from Martha Graham’s greatest masterpiece, Clytemnestra.

Martha Graham’s Clytemnestra, the only full-length ballet in Graham’s repertoire, is a dance-drama built on Greek mythology and the great Greek tragedies.   When Clytemnestra premiered in 1958, it was an instant hit.  The 2008 revival has been acclaimed by critics and audiences world wide.

Participants can enter the Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge by downloading a video of one of the characters in Clytemnestra’s world: Helen of Troy, Electra, Clytemnestra, Cassandra, or the Messenger of Death.  The contest challenges competitors to rework and remix the solo according to their own creative ideas and to submit a four-minute video that relates the classic character to someone making headlines today.

A “ReMash” is a multi-media remix.” says Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Center and creator of the ReMash Challenge.  “The Graham Company is leading the world of modern dance in experimenting with innovative ways to connect with new audiences, and this project is a first for the field.  Releasing this historic masterpiece to be reinterpreted using the latest in media technology upholds Martha Graham’s legacy of innovation.  It has the potential to create remarkable hybrid art that connects the ancient and recent past to what is happening today.”

“This is the first time the Graham Company is broadening its works and inviting a new media interpretation of this theater classic,” said Tadej Brdnik, Martha Graham Dance Company’s Principal Dancer and ReMash Challenge Leader.  “Through the Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge, we are reaching out to artists globally and showcasing the rich legacy of Graham and its influence on American dance.”

A panel of experts from the dance and media worlds will select winners based on the most innovative transformation of the video clips.  Judges will look for an understanding of the classic character depicted in the Graham solo and how that character connects to a contemporary personality.

The winner will receive $500 and the winning video will be premiered on stage during Martha Graham Dance Company’s New York Season performances in May 2009.  The second and third place winners will receive $250 prize each.   All three winners will be promoted widely — particularly in connection with performances of Clytemnestra.

Details of The Clytemnestra ReMash Challenge including instructions and rules of the competition can be found at www.marthagrahamprojects.com. The competition opens on February 1, 2009 and the submissions deadline is March 31, 2009. Winners will be announced on May 11, 2009.

The Martha Graham Dance Company:
Founded in 1926 by dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, the Martha Graham Dance Company is the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company in America.  Since its inception, the Martha Graham Dance Company has received international acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Company has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, Covent Garden, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, as well as at the base of the Great Pyramids of Egypt and in the ancient Herod Atticus Theatre on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. In addition, the Company has also produced several award-winning films broadcast on PBS and around the world.  More information can be found at www.marthagraham.org.