by Charles L. Mee
directed by Anne Bogart
created and performed by
Martha Graham Dance Company and SITI Company
American Document, by visionary choreographer
Martha Graham, premiered during the summer of 1938.
Her most theatrical ballet at the time of its creation,
Graham’s piece incorporated vaudevillian structures,
folk rhythms, and spoken text to examine Americana
and the continual conflict between the rights of the
individual and society.
Although there is no complete record of Graham’s first popular work, the Martha Graham Dance Company has enlisted director Anne Bogart, playwright Charles L. Mee Jr. and SITI Company to reinvent American Document using filmed excerpts, written descriptions and Graham’s handwritten notes. This stirring new theatrical work will feature a groundbreaking collaboration between SITI Company actors and Martha Graham Company dancers. American Document reflects our current cultural concerns by answering the same questions Martha Graham asked over seventy years ago: What is an American? And, what is America?
Tues, June 8th at 7:30PM
Fri, June 11th at 8PM
Sat, June 12 at 8PM
Sun, June 13 at 7:30PM
Tickets can be purchased via the Joyce Website or by calling 212-242-0800.