Martha Graham Dance Company premieres Robert Cohan’s Wind as part of Canticle for Innocent Comedians, which starts touring the US in March.
Martha Graham created Canticle for Innocent Comedians in 1952. The piece was built around eight virtuosic vignettes for the then stars of the Graham Company, each celebrating a different aspect of nature–the Sun, the Earth, Wind, Water, Fire and the Moon, the Stars and Death. Though the work was well received, there is little record of it, and it is considered lost.
For the new Canticle for Innocent Comedians, nine extraordinary choreographers from diverse dance backgrounds have created a new work for the current Graham Company stars. It will premiere at
Sir Robert Cohan, who danced the role of Wind in the original cast in 1952, created a new version of Wind for Laurel Dalley Smith.
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