Martha Graham Dance Company GRAHAM100: The Centennial Celebration

20 – 23 January 2027

A dancer leaps sideways, feet pointed and arms gracefully lifted to shoulder height. She looks to the right. She wears a long black dress and has her hair in a neat bun.

History turns 100.

Contemporary dance evolves through a mixed bill presented by the Martha Graham Dance Company. Originated by its legendary namesake, the company presents a repertoire that transformed the genre throughout the 20th century, brought into present day with Artistic Director Janet Eilber at the helm.

The company celebrates its centenary with a mixed bill of works, choreographed by Graham, as well as acclaimed artists Baye & Asa, Xin Ying, and Jamar Roberts.

A group of dancers in black costumes kneel and reach upward around a central lifted performer with arms raised, on a dark stage with sculptural props and fabric scattered on the floor.

Programme A - Inner Landscape

Night Journey
Cortege
Letter to Nobody
Diversion of Angels

Programme A - Inner Landscape

Three dancers move in unison across a dark stage under blue lighting, stepping forward with extended legs and hands held at their waists, wearing coordinated sleeveless tops and loose trousers.

Programme B - Dancing Our Times

Appalachian Spring
Immediate Tragedy
We the People
Chronicle

Programme B - Dancing Our Times

Company bio

Martha Graham and her Company have expanded the lexicon of contemporary dance, evolving the artform with works rooted in social, political and psychological subjects of the day. Having produced a repertoire of 181 works, the Company remains fertile ground for experimentation among the leading artists of the 20th and 21st century, including Merce Cunningham, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Claire Bloom, Margot Fonteyn, Liza Minnelli, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, and Kathleen Turner. Graham’s groundbreaking techniques and signature style have earned the Company acclaim from audiences in over 50 countries globally.

“as good as ever”LA TIMES

“exhilarating”DC THEATER ARTS

“Martha Graham’s genius and Janet Eilber’s stewardship of the company into the 21st century deserve to be celebrated, loudly”BACHTRACK

“There’s a cinematic reeling that begins from the first moment and carries through to the very last” DANCE ENTHUSIAST

Did you know…

FKA Twigs is among the latest artists to have trained with the Martha Graham School. The singer and classically trained dancer debuted at the Company’s 98th season gala in 2024, performing Graham’s 1932 solo Satyric Festival Song.

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