The powerful, artistic combination of the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra filled the Crouse-Hinds Theater with a full house of appreciative dance and music lovers on ...

In the 75 years since modern dance pioneer Martha Graham asked Aaron Copland to score a work for her company, no one else had taken a serious crack at creating new choreography to his Appalachian ...

We often say music is moving, without really thinking about what the word means. Our actual experience of classical music tends to be still. The musicians may sway a bit when they play, and we in the ...

When APPALACHIAN SPRING first premiered in 1944, Graham danced the lead role to music written by Copland, originally created for a 13-piece chamber orchestra to accommodate the acoustic limitations ...

“Appalachian Spring” was a game-changing collaboration between composer Aaron Copland and choreographer Martha Graham, commissioned by the Library of Congress and featuring Graham in the lead role ...

It’s quite possible that no music evokes the American landscape as strongly as that of George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. Each paints with a broad brush — Copland’s widely spaced chords and vigorous ...

Long before David Hochoy became the artistic director of Dance Kaleidoscope, he nervously walked into a New York City rehearsal room in 1980. His friend had told him that the renowned Martha Graham — ...

The century-old dance company is on tour with an old work that brings the gift of new life. The tour is a reminder that the late, great Martha Graham got her start in Southern California. During the ...