Martha Graham Dance Company Archival Material Lost

The New York Times reported today that “most” of the company’s sets and costumes had been submerged in over six feet water in the basement of Westbeth, which was flooded in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. The total extent of the damage and loss has yet to be assessed.

 

Yet another Google Doodle

This one in celebration of what would have been the 117th birthday of Martha Graham.  Today’s Google Doodle is an animation created by Ryan Woodward.

You can watch the entire sequence on YouTube as well:

And I’ll let you have the fun of picking out Martha Graham in this early image from her Denishawn days, courtesy of the NYPL Digital Gallery.

Denishawn dancers at Mariarden (1922).