Chorale (ballet)

Chorale is a modern dance work choreographed by Martha Graham to music by César Franck. The piece premiered on April 18, 1926 at New York's 48 Street Theater in the first independent concert presented by Graham. Members of the newly formed Martha Graham Concert Group, Thelma Biracree, Evelyn Sabin and Betty Macdonald, also appeared in the piece.[1] A critic for The Democrat-Chronicle reported the dance was "subtle" with a "dark, emotional mood."[2]

The all-Graham program also featured the ballets: Arabesque No. 1, Clair de Lune, Danse Languide, Danse Rococo, Désir, Deux Valses, Intermezzo, Maid with the Flaxen Hair, The Marionette Show, Masques, Novelette, Portrait--After Beltran-Masses, A Study in Lacquer, Tanze, The Three Gopi Maidens and Trois Gnossiennes.[3]

References
  1. Chorale (Ballet choreographed by Martha Graham), Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200182426/default.html
  2. Dance Artists in Program of Varied Appeal, The Democrat-Chronicle, (Rochester, New York), May 29, 1926 https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200153290.0
  3. Martha Graham in a Concert Program with Louis Horst, Pianist, assisted by the Martha Graham Concert Group and Mabel Zoeckler, Soprano, Concert Program, April 18, 1926 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/ihas/service/graham.1/200153243/200153243.pdf
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