Martha Graham and American Music

Project Type:

Project

Project Sponsors:

National Endowment for the Arts

Project Award:

$40,000

Project Timeline:

2016-01-01 – 2017-06-30

Lead Principal Investigator:

To support the creation and presentation of an original dance piece at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, CA titled "Two Dancers. Two Musicians. Infinite Possibilities." The "Two Dancers" in the work will be American Ballet Theatre soloist Misty Copeland and Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Desmond Richardson. They will be joined by two musicians from two distinct styles - one from jazz, and one from classical. The piece will be both math and poetry in its various permutations of dancer and musician - A/B, B/A, A/A. B/B.