Lake Tahoe Dance Collective
presents
The 8th Annual

LAKE TAHOE DANCE FESTIVAL

NIGHT TWO: MID-CENTURY MODERN DANCE

Featuring Works by MARTHA GRAHAM, PAUL TAYLOR, ERICK HAWKINS, & LESTER HORTON

Hosted by CHRISTIN HANNA & KRISTINA BERGER
Special Guests LLOYD KNIGHT, WENDY WHELAN, & KRISTIN DRAUCKER

laketahoedancecollective.org

July 23, 2020

Another lovely night with the Lake Tahoe Dance Collective. This evening highlights the magical madness of losing the Victorian corsets and in freedom across the stage. Airy fabrics, waving arms, celebrating a new era of performing without limits.

Martha Graham gave it a kick-start with her athletic approach to movement. The dance company she founded is now ninety-four years old, the oldest dance company in the U.S. Dancers embraced her choreography as being emotionally and physically rewarding. The festival featured Graham’s marvelous 1952 solo “Moon”, so evocative and sensual.

Next came “Nymph of the Grass and Meadows” from the Erick Hawkins masterpiece “Greek Dreams”. Flawlessly performed outdoors by KRISTIN BERGER, it was a stunner. Hawkins majored in Greek Civilization at Harvard, then studied at Balanchine’s School of American Ballet. He also married Martha Graham, creating a combo neutron bomb of dance revolution.

Paul Taylor’s “Cascade” followed. Last was a Lester Horton work, filled with his influence from African and Caribbean music and dance movement. He brought a new vein of riches into the modern dance world.

The commentary by CHRISTIN HANNA & KRISTINA BERGER enhanced the whole experience. Their enthusiasm is contagious.

-Karen D’Onofrio-