Peter Sparling in rehearsals
The following entries are from a journal kept by former Graham dancer, Peter Sparling, while teaching and coaching for the Clytemnestra Project at Skidmore College. Sparling is presently Thurnau Professor of Dance at University of Michigan; he performed with the Graham Company from 1973-87 and was artistic director of the Graham Centenary [...]
Posted in Clytemnestra, Culture, Panorama, Rehearsals, skidmore | Also tagged Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch, Clytemnestra, craft, David Martinez, Elizabeth Auclair, Errand Into the Maze, Jennifer DePalo, Martha Graham, Performance, Peter Sparling, Proust |
Tonight, students and company members arrived at the spacious SPAC for our technical rehearsal. Students ran Panorama, while company members did Maple Leaf Rag.
While everyone was performing onstage, I took some video of the company members performing Maple Leaf Rag. You can watch the entire video of Maple Leaf Rag here. The night really flew [...]
