Martha Graham’s short ballet from 1947 “Errand into the Maze” takes inspiration from the epic Greek legend of the Minotaur’s Labyrinth. The tale sees the hero Theseus enter the maze in order to slay the beastly Minotaur, navigating his way out with a thread from the princess Ariadne. Graham’s rendition is less of a retelling and more of a recontextualization, according to Masha Maddux, stager and former principal dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company.



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