“It Must Reveal the Body” A Look at Halston’s Historic Costumes for Martha Graham Dance Company

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Martha Graham Dance Company will perform excerpts from two works as part of a one-night-only 100th-year celebration of the New York dance company honoring Halston’s significant contributions.

It all began with a party dress. Martha Graham, the dancer whose movements and choreography blew a forceful gust of fresh air into 20th-century dance, was looking for something to wear to the 1975 Capezio Dance Awards. Her friend Leo Lerman offered to ring up Halston—and the inquiry catalyzed a decades-long friendship that yielded several artistic collaborations.

Graham had long harnessed the power of costume; her groundbreaking Lamentation famously featured dancers undulating in tubed jersey fabric. “She largely designed the costumes. She really had such a strong, unique vision for what she wanted on stage. She really didn't relinquish it to other people,” says Eilber. “In the beginning of her revolution, she was showcasing women’s torsos.

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