Review: Bent by the Pandemic, the Graham Company Dances On

The oldest of American dance troupes, the Martha Graham Dance Company weathered the early phases of the pandemic better than most. Its virtual offerings drew treasures from the company’s great archive and experimented with various reframings, effectively making the case for the continued relevance of Graham’s work in these times.

On Tuesday, the company returned to the Joyce Theater for a week of in-person live performances, and although the pandemic is not over, the first program felt in many ways like the ones before the world changed: uneven renditions of classic repertory, a mediocre premiere, an intriguing experiment in reconstruction. The custodians of Graham’s legacy soldier on.

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