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Article: The goddess of modern dance: now playing on DVD.(dm recommends)(Video recording review)
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- Dance Magazine
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- April 1, 2008
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Martha Graham: Dance on Film
Produced by Nathan Kroll.
The Criterion Collection.
2 DVDs. www.criterion.com. $39.95.
This collection of films takes us into the mind, heart, and soul of Martha Graham. Directed by Peter Glushanok, it has beautifully remastered those classics from the 1950s, A Dancer's World, Night Journey, and Appalachian Spring. Included are behind-the-scenes interviews with the dancers who collaborated with Graham to make what is, in my opinion, the greatest body of contemporary choreography.
We begin with A Dancer's World, a lecture-demonstration narrated by Graham from her dressing room in 1956. The seemingly ...