{"id":7516,"date":"2020-09-24T12:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T16:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/?p=7516"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:49:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T16:49:21","slug":"martha-graham-dance-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/classics\/2020\/09\/24\/martha-graham-dance-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Martha Graham Dance Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container mgdc-2019 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-8711\" data-slideshow-name=\"mgdc-2019\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-8711\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-8711_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img 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\/>\n<em>Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Boston University Dance Theater<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>The Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) gave a stunning lecture- demonstration to over 200 audience members on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The lecture included archival footage of the Company\u2019s repertoire and a discussion led by Janet Eilber, the Artistic Director of the MGDC. Two of the Company\u2019s dancers, Charlotte Landreau and Lloyd Mayor, accompanied Eilber. They performed\u00a0<\/span><span>Errand into the Maze<\/span><span>, a thirteen minute piece Graham choreographed as her interpretation of the myth of Ariadne and the Minotaur.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span>The performance was well received by all, including Nina Papathanasopoulou, who wrote<br \/>\na review of the performance that was published in the online journal\u00a0<\/span><span>Didaskalia<\/span><span>. Papathanasopoulou comments that, \u201cLandreau danced the role [of Ariadne] with poise, exactness, and fervor.\u201d Papathanasopoulou is currently spending the year in Athens as the Public Engagement Coordinator for the Society of Classical Studies and as a faculty member at the College Year in Athens.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span>Photographs taken by Sahana Sreeprakash for Boston University Photography.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, October 22, 2019 Boston University Dance Theater The Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) gave a stunning lecture- demonstration to over 200 audience members on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The lecture included archival footage of the Company\u2019s repertoire and a discussion led by Janet Eilber, the Artistic Director of the MGDC. 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