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here’s a short you tube video of part of martha graham’s “panorama.” It was created in 1935–which is amazing since it really doesn’t look that dated at all. i’m not especially fond of it, however–though i love the red costumes–and it brings to mind the point lotta raised a while ago about how what she loves most of all about dance is movement itself, the body in motion. this piece, to me, is more about poses. of course, that can definitely be interesting. after all, it’s kind of like living sculpture. merce cunningham is a lot like that (check out his “beach birds”), and even better and more original than martha graham (i think). but for me, that kind of thing is just not that satisfying to watch. there’s something about seeing full-out movement, and even subtle slow movement, that just grabs and moves me in a way little else does.