What's New » UCI Libraries Spring Exhibit May - October, 2004

The Partners of the UC Irvine Libraries and Gerald J. Munoff, University Librarian, present the Opening of our Spring Exhibit Gestures of Life Martha Graham’s Legacy Through the Lens of Barbara Morgan With a talk by Bonnie Oda Homsey M.F.A. in Dance, UCI, 1996 Artistic Director, American Dance Repertory Company “Simple Gifts by Martha Graham” Monday, May 10, 2004 Langson Library 5:30 p.m. Program 6:30 p.m. Reception & Exhibit
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American modern dance can be characterized as rebellion against tradition, and Martha Graham (1894-1991) was one of its supreme mold breakers. Her art was anchored in the belief that movement reveals inner emotion: the passions, the conflicts, and the relentless needs that we recognize … but hesitate to acknowledge. Graham often remarked that “Theater is not a noun, it is a verb!”

Our spring 2004 exhibit Gestures of Life highlights Graham’s legacy through rarely seen images taken by the distinguished photographer Barbara Brooks Morgan (1900-1992). The Morgan photographs on exhibit are prime examples of her close artistic collaboration with Graham during the 1930s and 1940s. They provide insight into the photographic techniques that she applied to draw the viewer into the immediacy of the moment of performance and the essence of Graham’s choreography. Additional archival materials in the exhibit illuminate the artistic legacies of both of these remarkable women.

Curator Bonnie Oda Homsey is director of the American Repertory Dance Company in Los Angeles and has a Master of Fine Arts degree in dance from UC Irvine. She was a principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company during the 1970s, originating a variety of roles choreographed by Graham. She has taught the Graham Technique for the UCI Dance Department since 1997. Both the exhibit and Homsey’s recent restaging at UCI of Graham’s classic piece Steps in the Street were made possible by a grant from the National College Choreography Initiative.

Reservations must be received no later than May 3, 2004

Self parking ($5) in the Social Sciences parking structure. Please enter the structure directly from Campus Drive at the Stanford intersection and obtain a parking permit at the information booth.

Please call (949) 824-5300
E-mail: partners@lib.uci.edu for further information.
Directions and parking information provided on reverse.

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