miki orihara
In this Advanced Level video, six advanced Graham dancers demonstrate and perform Advanced Graham exercises many of which date from the 1930s, 1940s through to the 1960s. These exercises are physically and artistically challenging. Miki Orihara, the dance director, along with Susan Kikuchi, compiled the syllabus of these exercises based on their long careers with the Graham Company. In addition to the Floor and Standing exercises, Miki collected combinations contributed by renowned Graham teachers that combine and challenge the dancers with the exercises from the video.
Dancers: Lloyd Knight, Antonio Leone, Lloyd Mayor, Aoi Sato, Ghislaine van den Heuvel, Leslie Williams
Voice Over: Camille Brown, Stephen Pier
Assistant for Dance Director: Antonio Leone, Gion Treichler
Original Music by Tracy Yang, Eran Fink
The videos included are:
1) Martha Graham Dance Technique - Advanced Final | RT: 2:08:47
2) Martha Graham Dance Technique - Advanced Level MUSIC ONLY | RT: 2:01:13
BONUS VIDEO: The Advanced Class excerpt taught by Marni Thomas Wood
Contents:
00:00 Opening
00:11 Introduction with Miki Orihara
02:06 Floor Exercises
02:13 The Lift Series
02:18 The Lift Series: 1st Development, 4th Position Facing Front
03:44 The Lift Series: 2nd Development, Spiral
05:35 The Lift Series: 3rd Development, 8, 6, 8, 7
07:59 4th Position Variations
08:03 4th Position Variation: Preparation #1, One Leg Up
12:07 4th Position Variation: Preparation #2, Weight Shift
13:51 4th Position Variation: Preparation #3, Use of Arms, Leg Extension and Contraction Over
17:44 4th Position Variation: Front Leg Extension with Spiral by Jane Dudley
21:07 4th Position Variation: Front Leg Point and Flex, Extension/Contraction
23:30 4th Position Variation: Facing Front
26:05 One Knee Up
29:40 Bert's Special (Bertram Ross) Sitting on One Hip
34:50 Side Hit and Heel Beats
36:11 Fall from the Knees
38:00 Fall from the Knees, Faster
39:27 Traveling Knee Crawls: Two Variations
42:00 Variations on Pleading
44:50 Rising Up from the Floor by Jane Dudley
48:22 Rising Up from the Floor by Pearl Lang
50:50 Standing Exercises
50:59 Brushes, Knee Bend and Extension
52:56 Parallel Leg, Body Over and Side Extension
55:02 Lifts, 5 Developments
58:52 Shift Side to Side with Split Fall
01:01:01 Sitting on One Hip
01:02:09 Knee Spin to Side Fall
01:03:28 Side Lift and Plié
01:04:03 Tilt by Takako Asakawa
01:05:25 Standing Fall on 11
01:06:50 Standing Fall on 8
01:07:53 Barre Exercises and Jumps
01:08:00 Parallel Jumps, Side to Side - Upright
01:08:23 Parallel Jumps, Side to Side - Tilt
01:08:43 Parallel Jumps, Detailed Instruction
01:09:11 Parallel Jumps
01:09:59 Parallel 4th Position Bounces and March Jumps
01:11:11 Brushes and Leg Swings
01:12:19 Contraction with Hinge
01:13:57 Contraction, Open, Tilt, and Attitude
01:15:41 Combinations
01:16:28 Fall Combination by Yuriko, 50 BPM
01:19:25 Fall Combination by Yuriko, 60 BPM
01:21:39 Parallel Shift Walk and Fall by Jane Dudley
01:24:05 Cut to the 4th and Knee Vibration by Linda Hodes
01:26:31 Strike Combination by Stuart Hodes
01:28:42 Leg Circle to Attitude by Christine Dakin
01:31:25 Leg Circle to Attitude: More In-depth Explanation with Slow Motion
01:33:18 Rond de Jambe into Bison by David Hochoy
01:35:46 Advanced Standing Combination by Peggy Lyman Hayes
01:41:44 Piqué Step Step Combination by David Hochoy
01:42:55 Triplet Combination by David Hochoy
01:44:42 Adagio Lunge Combination by Christine Dakin
01:50:02 4 Fall Combination
01:51:23 Strike Combination by Linda Hodes and Mary Hinkson
01:54:48 Right Now by Marni Thomas Wood
01:56:57 Attitude Jumps by Christine Dakin
01:58:02 Off-Center Combination by Yuriko
02:00:46 Advanced Across the Floor Combination by Peggy Lyman Hayes
02:03:00 Choreography with Corresponding Exercises02
02:05:15 Tribute to Susan Kikuchi
02:06:34 Credits
In this Intermediate/Advanced Level video, the fundamental principles in the Graham Technique, contraction and release, opposition, shift of weight, and spirals, that were introduced in the Beginning Level are further developed. Select exercises are demonstrated completely through Advanced progressions. Traditional combinations teach dancers how to combine exercises they’ve learned into fluid short dances, merging technical prowess with lyrical expressiveness. A final section provides in-depth instruction on the more complicated exercises with slow motion and freeze frames. Interviews with Graham dancers included as bonus features with streaming and DVDs.
*This is the follow-up to our Graham Technique - Beginning Level video!
The fundamental principles in the Graham Technique, contraction and release, opposition, shift of weight and spirals, that were introduced in the Beginning Level are further developed in this Intermediate Level. The development of some exercises is demonstrated completely through Advanced progressions. The exercises are divided, as in a typical Graham class, into sections: Floor Work, Standing, and Across the Floor.
Martha Graham (1892-1991) created this dance technique that, along with her groundbreaking choreography, helped spark the revolution knows as modern dance. Her unique dance vocabulary evolved over the years to meet her changing choreographic needs.
Miki Orihara with Susan Kikuchi, were the Dance Directors for this next section of the Martha Graham Legacy Project.
Dancers: Misha Culver, Tamisha Guy, Lloyd Knight, Jacob Larsen, Lloyd Mayor, Lauren Newman, Lorenzo Pagano, Lucy Postell, Aoi Sato, Oliver Tobin, Leslie Williams
Original Music by Rick Kivnick, Carlos Valdez
Voice Over: Susan Kikuchi, Stephen Pier, Cassey Kikuchi
The video includes 2 versions:
1) the full version with voice-over and music | RT: 2:00
2) the exercises with music only | RT: 1:45
BONUS VIDEOs: Teaching Graham, Performing Graham
Contents:
00:01 Introduction by Miki Orihara
01:43 Floor Work
01:51 Intermediate Warm-up
03:00 Breathings
06:36 Small Contractions
07:36 Deep Stretches on 6
08:49 Feet Coming Forward
10:14 Long Leans
11:07 Tilts on the Floor
12:06 Turns Around the Back on 3
13:56 Turns Around the Back with Turns
15:40 Back Leg Extension
17:50 Pretzel Preparation
19:02 Sitting Back Fall, Straight Back and with Spiral
20:37 Back Fall with Turns
22:18 Pretzel Fall
23:24 Preparation for Split Fall with Spiral
24:50 Preparation for Traveling Fall
25:40 Traveling Fall, Classroom, Acts of Light variations
26:43 Exercise from 2nd to 4th
28:45 Exercise on 6 with Rolls and Falls
30:39 Standing Work
30:43 Brush Variation
33:28 Brush Variation with Lunge
36:08 Preparation for American Document
37:14 Brushes with Pivot
38:55 Brushes with Contraction and Release on the Diagonal
40:40 Sit to the Floor
42:00 Adagio 1
43:17 Adagio 2
45:24 Tip Tip Combination
46:07 Hip Thrust Combination
47:30 Skitter Combination
48:24 Circular Walk - First Development
49:52 Circular Walk with Attitude and Contraction
51:16 Circular Walk with Turn
52:47 Circular Walk with Pitch Turn Preparation
54:47 3-2-3
55:39 Parallel Contraction / Pitch Turn Preparation
56:40 Preparation for Pitch Turn with Leg Up
57:53 Standing Split Fall
58:55 Knee Vibration
59:35 Wide Stride
01:00:46 Combination 1-Cut to 4th with leg circle, parallel contraction to lunge
01:01:58 Combination 2 -Knee Vibration Combination
01:02:50 Combination 3 - Centering
01:04:19 American Document
01:05:13 Across the Floor
01:05:46 Side-Back-Side-Front
01:09:08 Knee Crawls
01:11:12 Darts
01:12:46 Strikes
01:15:50 Building to the Traditional “Sit-To-The-Floor” Exercise
01:18:39 Contraction/Sit to the Floor on 5x3
01:20:07 Preparation for Barrel Turns
01:21:36 Jumps/Leaps
01:23:01 Preparation for Bison Sequence
01:24:47 Preparation for Leap Side in 2nd, Contraction- to- Floor and Recovery
01:26:57 Hop-Hop-Hop-Step
01:27:47 Brush Tilt to Attitude, Air with Bison Jump
01:30:36 Traditional Bison Exercise on 5 Counts
01:31:29 Prance Variations
01:33:23 Leaps/ Barrel Turns/ Bison Crossings
01:34:41 Up-Step-Step
01:37:01 Combination 1
01:39:03 Combination 2
01:41:23 Combination 3
01:43:13 Fall Series: Parallel Falls Sequence with Group
01:45:08 Fall Series: Fall on 10 x 3
01:45:49 Fall Series: Classic Fall 1940’s-1960’s
01:46:36 Additional Teaching Points
01:46:43 In-depth Movement Description: Turns Around the Back on 3
01:47:03 In-depth Movement Description: Pretzel Preparation
01:47:56 In-depth Movement Description: Sitting Back Fall, Straight Back and with Spirall
01:48:38 In-depth Movement Description: Pretzel Fall
01:50:18 In-depth Movement Description: Traveling Fall
01:51:39 In-depth Movement Description: Exercise 2nd to 4th
01:52:23 In-depth Movement Description: Tip Tip Combination
01:53:55 In-depth Movement Description: Knee Vibration
01:54:26 In-depth Movement Description: Contraction/Sit to the Floor
01:55:09 In-depth Movement Description: Fall on 10 x 3 with split screen and breakdown of movement
01:57:30 Fall on 10 x 3 split screen – with counts
01:59:18 Fall Series 10 x 3 and Parallel Falls, Entire Sequence, one dancer
02:01:11 Credits and Thank yous
1.The Martha Graham Technique -Intermediate/Advanced Level2:02:47
2.Martha Graham Technique - Intermediate/Advanced - Music Only1:44:52
This Martha Graham Technique Video is a unique, comprehensive documentation of the exercises that make up the Graham Beginning Level. The video introduces you to the important elements of Graham technique: the contraction, release and spiral, driven by the torso and pelvis with the use of the breath and the floor. As in the typical Graham class, the exercises are divided into 3 sections: Floor Work, Standing and Across the Floor. The technique is excellent performance training - physically sound and emotionally expressive. The technique in the video was directed by Miki Orihara, a principal dancer with the Graham Company for over 27 years, and the Associate Dance Director, Susan Kikuchi, a former member of the Graham Company and Director of the Graham Ensemble and School. The running time for the exercises is about 1 hour. Plus, there are two very enlightening sections of edited interviews of former Graham dancers giving the Essentials of the Graham Technique and their perspective on Teaching Graham.
Interviews: Robert Cohan, Janet Eilber, Penny Frank, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Peggy Lyman Hayes, Virginie Mécène, Kevin Predmore, Ethel Winter, Yuriko.
Dancers: Masha Maddux, Oliver Tobin, Lloyd Knight, Lauren Newman, Lucy Postell,
Lloyd Mayor, Miki Orihara
Original Music by Rick Kivnick
Voice Over: Susan Kikuchi and Stephen Pier
Video Total running time: 2 hours
Film Trailer: Short and Long
Website: www.dancespotlight.com
Direct Link: MGDT
Content with time locations for each exercise:
Graham Technique – Beginning Level - Title
00:06 Welcome by Miki Orihara, Dance Director
03:17 Introduction to Elementary Level – Susan Kikuchi, Associate Dance Director
06:01 Floor Work:
06:10 Bounces
07:34 Breathing
08:28 Breathing on 3
11:01 Simple Contraction on 3
11:53 Deep Stretches
13:49 Feet Coming Forward Series
15:19 Long Leans
16:26 Spiral Turns Around the Back in 4th Position
18:06 Back Leg Extension
19:13 Pleadings
21:05 Exercise on 6
21:50 Fourth Position on the Knee
23:12 Standing:
23:19 Plié Series with Contraction on 3
26:32 Brushes: Parallel
28:32 Brushes: Turn Out
30:02 Brush Variations - Beats with Cut
31:12 Brush Variations - Body Bend
32:00 Brush Variations - Pivot around Spine
32:59 Contraction Side to Side
33:40 The Nines
35:02 Second Position – Shifts Side to Side
36:23 Brushes with Contraction
38:23 Preparation for Turns – Centering on 3
39:36 High Curve – Hip Thrust
42:01 Preparation for Circular Walks
43:41 Preparation for Tilt
44:45 Prances
46:08 Preparation for Jumps, and Jumps
47:34 Across the Floor:
47:40 Walks
53:40 Triplets
55:31 Piqué Step Step
58:07 Step Draw
01:00:07 Lunges
01:01:31 Prances, Skips, and Leaps
01:03:13 Side, Tilt, and Curve
01:04:18 Triplet Combination
01:04:48 Level 1 Combination
01:05:42 Bell Jumps
01:06:47 Additional Teaching Points
01:07:08 Contraction, Release, & Spiral
01:09:05 Spiral Turns Around the Back
01:09:46 Back Leg Extension
01:10:30 Pliés
01:11:37 Contraction Side to Side
01:12:08 Preparation for Tilt
01:12:50 Triplets
01:13:32 Step Draw
01:14:24 Lunges
01:14:45 Jumps across the Floor
01:15:14 Credits
1.Martha Graham Dance Technique - Beginning Level1:16:52
2.Graham Technique Beginning Level - Video with Music only, no VO1:00:45