From Denishawn to Marilyn Monroe: Jack Cole Revealed!
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Martha Graham Dance Company’s Fall 2026 Studio Series
Martha Graham Dance Company’s Fall 2026 Studio Series
Wednesday, December 2, at 6:30pm
From Denishawn to Marilyn Monroe: Jack Cole Revealed!
A Conversation and Book Signing with Author Debra Levine and Dancing by the New Jack Cole Dancers
A celebration of the new biography Jazzed: Jack Cole and Twentieth-Century American Dance. The evening will feature a conversation with author Debra Levine, joined by Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Company, and Norton Owen, Jacob’s Pillow Historian and Founding Director of Preservation. The program will also include a demonstration of Cole’s distinctive dance vocabulary and a performance by the New Jack Cole Dancers led by Artistic Director Cam Loeser.
Jazzed is an illuminating and long-awaited biography of one of the essential, but somewhat forgotten, geniuses of American dance, choreographer Jack Cole. In mid-20th Century, Cole’s groundbreaking, sensual physicality fused Denishawn style to jazz and ballet and exploded on screen in films such as Gilda and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Cole was an unmistakable influence on such greats as Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, and Alvin Ailey, and his biography finally gives the game-changing artist his long overdue due.
About
The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Fall 2026 Studio Series feature four exciting events at the Company’s new home at 1501 Broadway in the heart of Times Square. This popular series gives audiences an intimate look at the Company’s work and legacy, from up-close performances of Graham classics and insights into the artistic and historical context of their creation to behind-the-scenes glimpses of newly commissioned works and other special events.
All Studio Series events will take place at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 1501 Broadway, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Tickets are $45 (general) / $25 (students/children). Tickets for the family matinee on December 12 are $10 for children under 12. The Fall 2026 Studio Series subscription is $135 and includes VIP seating. Those unable to attend in person can join the Company’s digital membership for $20/month at https://www.patreon.com/marthagrahamdance, which includes Studio Series streams and much more! To purchase tickets for Studio Series visit: https://marthagraham.org/studioseries/
