Martha Graham's Greek Myth-Based Dances and Her Collaboration with Isamu Noguchi

Martha Graham’s Greek Myth-Based Dances and Her Collaboration with Isamu Noguchi is a sharp and exceptionally readable overview of Graham and Noguchi’s work with ancient Greek myth. It is a welcome addition to Bloomsbury’s Imagines series, and is sure to advance interest in Graham’s work from classical scholars and more general audiences alike. * Classical Outlook *
A worthwhile contribution to dance scholarship … Together, Graham’s choreography and Ancona’s insights offer new perspectives on femininity, power, and identity. Blending personal reflections with scholarly analysis, [this book] advances discussions of the intersection of dance studies and classics, highlighting the ongoing influence of classical myths on contemporary debates. * Dance Chronicle *
This book illuminates for the reader what generations of dancers have experienced while bringing Martha Graham’s archetypal characters to life within Isamu Noguchi’s sculpted arena. The ever present search for a “sense of place“ was born from Graham and Noguchi’s collaboration changing forever the way dancers engaged with their surroundings on stage and allowing the audience the space to see themselves in the intensity of Graham’s characters as they come to life within the simplicity and abstract beauty of Noguchi’s sets. Ancona sheds light upon four of the most revered of Graham’s Greek-based masterworks giving us an inside view of the brilliance of this collaboration. – Terese Capucilli * Former Artistic Director & Principal Dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company, USA *

Ronnie Ancona is Professor Emerita of Classics at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, USA. She is author of Time and the Erotic in Horace’s Odes (1994), and co-editor of New Directions in the Study of Women in the Greco-Roman World (2021) and Gendered Dynamics in Latin Love Poetry (2005).

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