Immigrant, with music by Judith Shatin, with Martha Graham Dance Company

Noted choreogrpaher Virginie Mécène, a Martha Graham dancer who now runs Martha Graham 2, reimagined Martha Graham’s lost piece Immigrant. The original version used music by Arthur Honegger. For hers, Virginie chose music from my Adveture on Mt. Hehuan, for solo bass drum and interactive electronics. The music for the dance was drawn from the recording of the premiere, with star percussionist I-Jen Fang, and myself on the electronics. You can find  more info and links to the premiere performance  here. This is the first of four performances on the Martha Graham season ‘Dances of the Mind’  at the Joyce Theatre. The others are on April 6 (2:00 p.m.), April 9 (7:30 p.m.)  ( April 13 (2:00  p.m.)