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W_® zo<((( ~~ Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, Inc. 50th Anniversary Celebration Committee

Martha Graham Dance Company Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein Calvin Klein Ron Protas• First performance April 18, 1926 Patricia Birch Harold S. Klein Alexander E. Racolin• Mr. and Mrs. H. Gerard Dissinger II Mrs. Robert Korn• Lee Radziwill Mrs. Gerald R. Ford Mrs. Martin Blumenthal Mrs. Harold Landau Tony Randall Honorary Chairman Ray Bolger Hope Lange · Mrs. Harold Reed* Mrs. Aristotle Onassis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown Mrs. Leonard Lauder Molly Reinhart Miss Alice Tully Mrs. Walker 0. Cain Ming Cho Lee Mrs. Martin Revson Honorary Vice Chairmen Ralph M. Chait Leo Lerman Diana Rigg Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler G. Chapin Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Dr. and Mrs. Peter Rizzo• Mrs. Marvin S. Traub Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Mrs. Anthony Lewis Francis Robinson Chairman Kitty Carlisle Goddard Lieberson Jeanette Rockefeller• Jeanette Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Clurman Mollie Parnis Livingston Bethsabee de Rothschild L. Arnold Weissberger Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Leandro Locsin Carroll Russell* Vice Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Gerret van S. Copeland Anita Loos Mr. and Mrs. John Barry Ryan Ill Mrs. Michael Brown Aaron Copland Gertrude Macy Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Salkin Committee Coo rdinator Richard W. Couper Barbara Ann Malluk Mrs. Georgia Sargeant Joan Davidson James Marshall• Robin Howard Francis S. Mason, Jr.• Irene Worth Mrs. Charles Englehard Mrs. Herbert S. Schlosser John Martin International Committee Mrs. James Erdman• Carleton Sprague Smith Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Epstein Steven A. Martindale Donald F. Smith Mrs. Harold Reed Mr. and Mrs. Ahmet M. Ertegun Darren McGavin Sam Spiegel Reception Committee Chairman , Jr. Mary Mcfadden Frances Steloff Alexander E. Racolin Mrs. Richard G. Faux John L. McHugh Perry Stieglitz Program Committee Chairman Mrs. Gerald R. Ford Dr. Alan Mead Mrs. Donald Stralem Executive Committee of the Gray Foy Peter Mennin Suga Board of Trustees of the Buckminster Fuller Gian Carlo Menotti Gloria Swanson Martha Graham Center for Benjamin Garber• E. H. Michaelsen Mr. and Mrs. Truman Talley Contemporary Dance, Inc. Hanae Mori Walter Terry Barbara Morgan Sarah Tornay Francis Brendan Gill S. Mason, Jr. Peter H. Morrison• George Trescher Chairman Paulette Goddard Mr. and Mrs. Princes Moune Mr. and Mrs. Marvin S. Traub* L. Arnold Weissberger Martha Graham• Jane Murchison Alice Tully President Diane Gray• Mrs. Samuel Newhouse Lawence Turk Alexander E. Racolin Jo and Jae Venza Secretary Tammy Grimes lsamu Noguchi Edmund W. Pease Dr. Cary Guy * Treasurer Albert Hadley Mrs. Aristotle Onassis Barbara Walters Ms. Genevieve Oswald L. Arnold Weissberger• Mrs. Marvin S. Traub Mrs. T. Edward Hambleton Glen Ostergaard Lolly Weymouth Mrs. William S. Paley Querube Arias Mr. and Mrs. George Roy Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wilford Cynthia Parker Mrs. John Hay Whitney Howard Hook, Jr. Edmund W. Pease• Samuel Barber Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr .. • Irene Worth Patricia Barnes Robin Howard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peltz Mrs. Helen Wright Trumbull Barton • Mrs. J. C. Penney Richard S. Zeisler Mrs. Karl R. Bendetsen Robert Irving • Elsa Peretti Vera Zorina Isadora Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Picker Marvin Josephson ' Members of the Board of Trustees of Polly Bergen Mrs. Donald C. Platten William Kennedy• The Martha Graham Center for Tom Kerrigan Khun Puck Pring Contemporary Dance, Inc.

Board of Trustees Staff Contributio ns to The Martha Graham Center for Contempora ry Dance, Inc., are tax deductible as Francis S. Mason, Jr. Ron Protas provided by law and may be sent Chairman Executive D irector c/o Patron's Desk L. Arnold Weissberger Cynthia Parker Martha Graham Center President Genera/ Manager 316 E. 63 Street Alexander E. Racolin Tom Kerrigan , N.Y. 10021 Secretary Management Consultant and Press Representative (212) 832-9166 Edmund W. Pease Frank Lackner Treasurer Company Manager Booking Agent: Sarah Tornay Tornay Management, Inc. Ross Parkes 250 W. 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 1001 9 Mrs. James Erdman Patricia Birch Benjamin Garber (212) 246-2270 Martha Graham Carol Fried Diane Gray Diane Gray Original pho tographs of Martha Graham by John Houseman Barbara Mo rgan at $250 each. Proceeds will be Robert Powell* shared wi th the Martha Graham Center for Anne Jackson Rehearsa l Directors William Kennedy Contemporary Dance, Inc. Signed and mounted, William H. Batchelder 11 11 Mrs. Robert Korn museum quality 11 x14 print o n a Production Manager and Technical Director James Marshall 16" x 20" mo unt of Frontier (page 7) and Letter Peter H. Morrison to the World (page 9). To order w ri te to: Edmund W. Pease Touring Staff Barbara Morgan, Morgan & Morgan, 145 Pali­ Gregory Peck Ron Protas sade Street, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522. Barbara Ron Protas Executive D irector Morgan's classic work, Martha Graham : Sixteen Dances and Photographs, originally published Mrs. Harold Reed Tom Kerrigan Dr. and Mrs. Peter Rizzo in 1941 , wi ll soon be reissued in a completely Company Manager, International new editio n. For information w ri te to the Jeanette Rockefeller Frank Lackner Bethsabee de Rothschild above address. Carroll Russell Company Manager, Do m estic Mrs. Marvin S. Traub Ursula Reed This book is edited by Torn Kerrigan and Eli Wallach Costumer printed by Degraw Printing. William H. Batchelder Production Manager © 1975 Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, Inc. Anne McKey Perry Silvey Stage M anagers 1artha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, Inc. l Anniversary Celebration Committee

~a Graham Dance Company Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernstein Calvin Klein Ron Protas• performance April 18, 1926 Patricia Birch Harold S. Klein Alexander E. Racolin• Mr. and Mrs. H. Gerard Bissinger II Mrs. Robert Korn• Lee Radziwill Gerald R. Ford Mrs. Martin Blumenthal Mrs. Harold Landau Tony Randall ionorary Chairman Ray Bolger Hope Lange · Mrs. Harold Reed• Aristotle Onassis Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brown Mrs. Leonard Lauder Molly Reinhart Alice Tully Mrs. Walker 0. Cain Ming Cho Lee Mrs. Martin Revson ionorary Vice Chairmen Ralph M. Chait Leo Lerman Diana Rigg Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler G. Chapin Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Levitt Dr. and Mrs. Peter Rizzo• Marvin S. Traub Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman Mrs. Anthony Lewis · Francis Robinson : hairman Kitty Carlisle Goddard Lieberson Jeanette Rockefeller• ~tte Rockefeller Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Clurman Mollie Parnis Livingston Bethsabee de Rothschild 1old Weissberger Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Leandro Locsin Carroll Russell• l ice Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. Gerret van S. Copeland Anita Loos Mr. and Mrs. John Barry Ryan Ill Michael Brown Aaron Copland Gertrude Macy Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Salkin :ommittee Coordinator Richard W. Couper Barbara Ann Malluk Mrs. Georgia Sargeant James Marshall• 1 Howard Joan Davidson Arnold Scaasi Francis S. Mason, Jr.• : Worth Mrs. Charles Englehard Mrs. Herbert S. Schlosser John Martin nternational Committee Mrs. James Erdman• Carleton Sprague Smith Mr. Steven A. Martindale Donald F. Smith Harold Reed and Mrs. Henry D. Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Ahmet M. Ertegun Darren McGavin Sam Spiegel ~ecept ion Committee Chairman Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Mary McFadden Frances Steloff mder E. Racolin Mrs. Richard G. Faux John L. McHugh Perry Stieglitz 'rogram Committee Chairman Mrs. Gerald R. Ford Dr. Alan Mead Mrs. Donald Stralem 1tive Committee of the Gray Foy Peter Mennin Suga loard of Trustees of the Buckminster Fuller Gian Carlo Menotti Gloria Swanson otartha Graham Center for Benjamin Garber• E. H. Michaelsen Mr. and Mrs. Truman Talley : ontemporary Dance, Inc. John Gielgud Hanae Mori Walter Terry Barbara Morgan Sarah Tornay :is S. Mason, Jr. Brendan Gill Peter H. Morrison• George Trescher : hairman Paulette Goddard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gottlieb Princes Moune Mr. and Mrs. Marvin S. Traub• ~ old Weissberger Martha Graham• Jane Murchison Alice Tully 'resident Diane Gray• Mrs. Samuel Newhouse Lawence Turk mder E. Racolin Jo and Joel Grey Paul Newman Jae Venza ;ecretary Tammy Grimes lsamu Noguchi Diana Vreeland md W. Pease Dr. Cary Guy Donald Oenslager Eli Wallach• ' reasurer Albert Hadley Mrs. Aristotle Onassis Barbara Walters Ms. Genevieve Oswald L. Arnold Weissberger• Marvin S. Traub Halston Mrs. T. Edward Hambleton Glen Ostergaard Lolly Weymouth Mrs. William S. Paley ·ube Arias Mr. and Mrs. George Roy Hill Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wilford Cynthia Parker Mrs. John Hay Whitney 'n Bacall Howard Hook, Jr. Mrs. Amory Houghton, Jr., Edmund W. Pease• Joanne Woodward 1el Barber Gregory Peck• :ia Barnes Robin Howard Irene Worth John Houseman• Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peltz Mrs. Helen Wright bull Barton Mrs. J. C. Penney Karl R. Bendetsen Robert Irving Richard S. Zeisler Elsa Peretti Vera Zorina •ra Bennett Anne Jackson• Marvin Josephson Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Picker Bergen Mrs. Donald C. Platten 'Members of the Board of Trustees of ard Bernstein William Kennedy• The Martha Graham Center for Tom Kerrigan Khun Puck Pring Contemporary Dance, Inc.

d of Trustees Staff Contributions to The Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, In c., are tax deductible as ·is S. Mason, Jr. Ron Protas provided by law and may be sent : hairman Executive Director c/o Patron's Desk 1old Weissberger Cynthia Parker Martha Graham Center 'resident General Manager 316 E. 63 Street nder E. Racolin Tom Kerrigan New York, N.Y. 10021 'ecretary Management Consultant and Press Representative (212) 832-9166 md W. Pease Frank Lackner ·reasurer Company Manager Booking Agent: Sarah Tornay Tornay Management, Inc. Ross Parkes 250 W. 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 lames Erdman Patricia Birch 1min Garber (212) 246-2270 1a Graham Carol Fried Original photographs of Martha Graham by ~ Gray Diane Gray Barbara Morgan at $250 each. Proceeds will be Houseman Robert Powell• Jackson shared with the Martha Graham Center for Rehearsa l Directors Contemporary Dance, Inc. Signed and mounted, 1m Kennedy 11 Robert Korn William H. Batchelder museum quality 11 x14" print on a Production Manager and Technical Director 11 s Marshall 16" x 20 mount of Frontier (page 7) and Letter H. Morrison to the World (page 9). To order write to: ind W. Pease Touring Staff Barbara Morgan, Morgan & Morgan, 145 Pali­ ory Peck Ron Protas sade Street, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 10522. Barbara >rotas Executive Director Morgan's classic work, Martha Graham: Sixteen Harold Reed Dances and Photographs, originally published Tom Kerrigan in 1941 , will soon be reissued in a completely nd Mrs. Peter Rizzo Company Manager, International !tte Rockefeller new edition. For information write to the Frank Lackner .abee de Rothschild above address . •II Russell Company Manager, Domestic Marvin S. Traub Ursula Reed This book is edited by Tom Kerrigan and allach Costumer printed by Degraw Printing. William H. Batchelder Production Manager © 1975 Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance, Inc. Anne McKey Perry Si Ivey Stage Managers

Board of Trustees FRANCIS S.MASON,JR., Chairman L. ARNOLD WEISSBERG ER, President ALEXANDER E. RACO LIN, Secretary EDMUND W. PEASE, Treasurer MRS. CARROLL RUSSELL, Vice-President 11-1E f\llARTHt\ GRAHAM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORfaRV DANCE, INC.

Members: POLLY BERGEN MRS. WALTER DELAFIELD MRS. GEORGE FELDMAN MILTON GOLDMAN MARTHA GRAHAM DIANE GRAY HALSTON JAMES MARSHALL PETER MORRISON GREGORY PECK RON PROTAS MRS. HAROLD REED DR. PETER RIZZO MRS. BETHSABEE DE ROTHSCHILD MRS. HERBERT S. SCHLOSSER DONALD SMITH IRVING THAU MRS. MARVIN TRAUB

The Staff: MARTHA GRAHAM, Artistic Director RON PROTAS, General Director CYNTHIA PARKER, General Manager BILL HAMMOND, Production Stage Manager GARY JUSTENSEN, Technician STEPHANIE CHERETUN, Wardrobe LESLIE WILLIAMS, Production Secretary

24 This book designed and edited by KARL LEABO Jn Celebration Of ... reprinted from A Musical Season published by Gollancz. ID 1972, 1973, 1974 by Andrew Porter. Acrobat of God and Martha Graham reprinted from Martha Graham published by Theatre Arts Books. ID 1961, 1962 b y Karl Leabo.

PHOTO CREDITS- Chris Alexander: Cover, pages 5, 9 bottom, 11. Soich i Sunami: pages 4, 9 bottom, 13. Phillipe Halsman: page 6. Martha Swope: pages 7, 14, 15, 16, 18 left, 20, 23. Barbara Morgan: pages 8 top, 9 right. Doris Ulmann: page 10 bottom. White Studio: page 12 left. Max Waldman: page 17. Harry Kalmus: page 18-19 bottom. Karl Schmacher: page 19 top. _

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