Beyond the Clouds
When the lights for “Opal Loop/Cloud Installation #72503” come up on four dancers silhouetted by refracted light of a billowing cloud of fog, the scene rivals halftime at the Superbowl.
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Lloyd Knight, Principal Dancer entering his 20th season with the Martha Graham Dance Company, debuts his first one-man show as part of Works & Process at the Guggenheim on January 13th. His original piece, “The Drama,” was created by Knight with director and choreographer Jack Ferver and filmmaker Jeremy Jacob. A multi-media autobiographical work, “The Drama” uses dance, film, music, and monologue to reflect on Knight's life as an artist while highlighting the two women who have influenced him the most: his mother and Martha Graham.
Fjord Review spoke with Knight over Zoom to discuss this first solo venture, his relationship with his mother, Martha Graham, and his insights into the challenges and rewards of a dancer's life.
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When the lights for “Opal Loop/Cloud Installation #72503” come up on four dancers silhouetted by refracted light of a billowing cloud of fog, the scene rivals halftime at the Superbowl.
Continue ReadingOn a bright spring afternoon, as Paris basked in long-awaited sunlight and the city frantically moved in the heat, the Opéra Garnier opened a portal to another world—a realm of eternal forms, ethereal beauty, and blue distances: those trembling horizons where the sea dissolves into sky, and the eye reaches toward the infinite.
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