Primitive Mysteries (1931): Takako Asakawa and the Martha Graham Dance Company

Photograph of Takako Asakawa and the Martha Graham Dance Company in a 1984 performance of Primitive Mysteries (1931) at the State Theater in New York City.

Center: Takako Asakawa and Kimberly Wisner.
Pictured from left to right in the circle: Yung Yung Tsuai, Carol S. Mead, Susan Kikuchi, Amy Carpenter, Paula Clare, Miki Orihara, Robin Becker, Denise Vale, Kim Stroud, Deborah Kantor, Deborah Lessen, and Susan Sentler.

Premiere of Primitive Mysteries: February 2, 1931 – The Craig Theatre, New York City
Choreography by Martha Graham
Costumes by Martha Graham
Music by Louis Horst

Photograph by Martha Swope