"In warm front-of-curtain comments, Eilber said each work was "inspired by the American conversation." Indeed, the next two hours presented distinct voices that in their totality created a symphony of sound, from the sweetly nostalgic to the powerful and futuristic. Astonishing not only due to the dancers' dynamic range and ability to capture each choreographer's style and technique, in every dance music changed how movement is perceived, and vice versa."
"Appalachian Spring, with its well-known music by Aaron Copland and a brilliantly spare Shaker-style set by Isamu Noguchi, presented a long-gone world. A woman and a man are establishing their first post-World War II home in a place and a relationship that to them is uncharted territory. The bride (Laurel Dalley Smith) and the husbandman (Ethan Palma), are joined on what is their wedding day by a pioneering woman (Leslie Andrea Williams), a preacher (Antonio Leone)."
Martha Graham Dance Company performed a diverse program at Zellerbach Hall that included Appalachian Spring, Jamar Roberts' We the People, the Bay Area premiere of En Mass, and Immediate Tragedy reimagined by Janet Eilber. Eilber said each work was "inspired by the American conversation." The program moved from sweet nostalgia to powerful, futuristic expressions, with music and movement continually reshaping perception. Appalachian Spring used Aaron Copland's score and Isamu Noguchi's spare Shaker-style set to evoke a post–World War II wedding. Laurel Dalley Smith and Ethan Palma embodied the bride and husbandman with luminous presence and buoyant technique.
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