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0022704

Author/Editor: LENART Camelia

Publisher: University of Albany

Place Published: Albany, New York

Year: 2009

Date & Collation: c.2009. 19pp.Endnotes.

Description: PhD thesis and conference paper challenging the idea that Martha Graham was an unknown artist to her audience and its intellectual circles, during her first European tours; and analyses why and how artistic friendships and collaborations happened, demonstrating that the American-British dialogue between dance, acting, writing and sculpture was not a coincidence, but a major cultural development. Graham toured Europe in the 50s and 60s, culminating with a special gala in Covent Garden in 1976, attended by the Queen Mother, John Gielgud and Moore. 12-16 examines Graham's relationship with Moore. They first met in New York in 1946 at the installation of his retrospective exhibition. LENART writes that Moore's presence in New York was also a combination of British cultural diplomacy in the USA and of his personal artistic ties and connections on both sides of the Atlantic. Reference to support from the British Council; Kenneth Clark; Dorothy Miller; Curt Valentin; Alfred and Margaret Barr; Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst; Alexander Calder; René d'Harnoncourt; Nelson Rockefeller; Robin Howard; Bob Cohen. Graham and Moore are recalled to have talked about the sense of space in sculpture and modern dance. LENART writes that both artists reinvented the role of horizontal space as no dancer before used the floor the way that Graham did and in a similar manner Moore created his 'reclining figures'". Moore was invited to The Place (School of Contemporary Dance in London) and performances of the Contemporary Ballet Trust. In 1067 Moore became a member of the board of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre together with Martha Graham and John Gielgud. Reference to correspondence between Moore and Graham."