Fang-Yi Sheu in "Spectre – 1914" from Chronicle (1936)

Photograph of Fang-Yi Sheu in "Spectre – 1914" from Chronicle (1936).

"Chronicle traces the ugly logic of imperialism, the need for conquest, the inevitability of the conflict, the unavoidable unmasking of the rooted evil, and the approach of the masses to logical conclusion. It shows the brutalization of conquest, the hypocrisy of imperialism, the marching of men without cause, without direction, masking of the memory of conflict with memorials and the taut gathering of new energies and new forces."

Premiere of Chronicle: December 20, 1936 – Guild Theatre, New York City
Choreography by Martha Graham
Costumes by Martha Graham
Music by Wallingford Riegger

Photograph by John Deane