†”Interludi meditatiu VII” from Homenaje a Martha Graham, © Neu Records
2016, used by arrangement with the copyright owner.
WOODLAND
Choreography by Pontus Lidberg
Music by Irving Fine†
Costumes by Reid Bartelme and Harriet Jung
Mask Patterns by Wintercroft Designs
Lighting by Nick Hung
Premiere: April 1, 2016, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Xin Ying
Laurel Dalley Smith Lloyd Knight Charlotte Landreau
Jacob Larsen Anne O’Donnell Lorenzo Pagano
Ben Schultz Leslie Andrea Williams
Co-commissioned by the Verna and Irving Fine Fund in the Library of
Congress, Washington, DC and the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary
Dance, Inc.
Woodland is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York
State Legislature.
†Notturno for Strings and Harp
INTERMISSION
CHRONICLE
Choreography and Costumes by Martha Graham
Music by Wallingford Riegger†
Original lighting by Jean Rosenthal
Lighting for reconstruction (“Steps in the Street”) by David Finley
Lighting for reconstruction (“Spectre–1914”, “Prelude to Action”) by Steven
L. Shelley
Premiere: December 20, 1936, Guild Theatre, New York City
Chronicle does not attempt to show the actualities of war; rather does it,
by evoking war’s images, set forth the fateful prelude to war, portray the
devastation of spirit which it leaves in its wake, and suggest an answer.
(Original program note)
I. Spectre–1914
Drums—Red Shroud—Lament
Leslie Andrea Williams
II. Steps in the Street
Devastation—Homelessness—Exile
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