What This Graham Star Learned from Training in Martial Arts for a New Akram Khan-Choreographed Show

When dancers kick their legs, they typically try to avoid hitting their colleagues. But the performers in the upcoming show Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise, choreographed by Akram Khan, have had to train to do just the opposite. “It’s not a grand battement. You’re kicking someone’s face. It has to have intention,” says Martha Graham Dance […]