Staying Upright in Challenging Times
Aug 02, 2020
n 1937, the choreographer Martha Graham was in despair over the Spanish Civil War and the rise of fascism in the world. She wrote to the American composer Henry Cowell, “Whether the desperation lies in Spain, or in a memory in our own hearts, it is the same.” She had channeled her despair into a new work that she called “Immediate Tragedy,” of which she wrote, “I was dedicating myself anew to space, that in spite of violation I was upright and that I was going to stay upright at all costs.”
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