The EVE Project
Celebrating women and the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
First we have to believe and then we believe.
Martha Graham
DIVERSION OF ANGELS
Choreography and Costumes by Martha Graham
Music by Norman Dello Joio†
Original lighting by Jean Rosenthal
Adapted by Beverly Emmons
Premiere: August 13, 1948, Palmer Auditorium, New London, CT
Martha Graham once described Diversion of Angels as three aspects of
love: the couple in white represents mature love in perfect balance; red,
erotic love; and yellow, adolescent love. The dance follows no story. Its
action takes place in the imaginary garden love creates for itself. The
ballet was originally called Wilderness Stair.
“It is the place of the Rock and the Ladder, the raven, the blessing, the
tempter, the rose. It is the wish of the single-hearted, the undivided;
lover’s intention; the believed Possibility, at once strenuous and tender;
humors of innocence, garlands, evangels, Joy on the Wilderness Stair,
diversion of angels.” – Ben Belitt
The Couple in White
The Couple in Red
The Couple in Yellow
Natasha M. Diamond-Walker,
Ben Schultz
So Young An, Lloyd Knight
Charlotte Landreau, Lloyd Mayor
Laurel Dalley Smith, Marzia Memoli
Anne O’Donnell, Leslie Andrea Williams
Lorenzo Pagano
†Used by arrangement with Carl Fischer, Inc., publisher and copyright
owner.
EKSTASIS
Choreography by Martha Graham reimagined by Virginie Mécène
Costume by Martha Graham
Original Music by Lehman Engel
Music for reimagined Ekstasis by Ramon Humet†
Lighting by Nick Hung
Premiere: May 4, 1933, Guild Theatre, New York City
Ekstasis (reimagined): February 14, 2017, The Joyce Theater, New York
City
“The body is a sacred garment.” – Martha Graham
Anne Souder
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