Martha Graham in Deep Song (1937)

Photograph of Martha Graham in the premiere of Deep Song (1937).

" 'Deep Song' was created at the beginning of the war in Spain. The forms of the dance – its swirls, crawls on the floor, contractions and falls – are kinetic equivalents of the human experience in war which inspired 'Deep Song'. It is the anatomy of anguish from tragic events." - Martha Graham

Premiere of Deep Song: December 19, 1937 – Guild Theatre, New York City
Choreography by Martha Graham
Costume by Edythe Gilfond
Music by Henry Cowell

Photograph by Robert Fraser