Join the Dance Department as they present a study of Martha Graham's Acts of Light, Helios, “Ritual to the Sun", an ode to the Graham classroom technique. RSVP below.

Rehearsal Process View 2:00 p.m
Performance 3:30 p.m.
Q&A 4:00 p.m.

Choreographer: Martha Graham
Modified by: Deborah Goodman
Music: Jonathan Shang

Acts of Light premiered in Washington DC at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 1981. Taking its title from a phrase by Emily Dickinson, a poet beloved by Graham, the dance introduced a new period in Graham’s work. Acts of Light celebrates the dancer as an exquisite instrument of expression, while making references to earlier works in the Graham canon.