Martha Graham And Her Love Of The Penis

What mortal man, especially those Epicureans of taste and distinction, can resist the Adonis molded dancers that trounce upon gravity as part of the Martha Graham Dance Company? What sane man would want to?

What follows is an excerpt from an article that ran in the January 17, 2003 issue of NEXT, the Hippest Gay Guide To New York

In the past, the company brought in such guest members as Baryshnikov and Nureyev and it is exactly the member that Martha herself was so preoccupied with... "When you contract your body, you should feel as though their penis is rising up from between their legs. I don't have one, but I know what one feels like." She liked her male dancers with very little clothing, puffed up or not. She loved the male figure and worked to highlight the sensual and masculine qualities of her male dancers.

Not enough? What more titillation can the Martha Dance Company provide? We might well ask Madonna, the material mom, who took class with the company before becoming the sex rocker for the world. She might tell us that the Graham men, and yes there are some accomplished and pretty Yings to these studdly Yangs at hand, but Madonna might just have to sing. It would be a song about how those Graham men work upon your senses, so much so, that you're eyes feel like a virgin...touched for the very first time.

Suffice it to say that the Company, under the expert guidance of Christine Dakin and Terese Capucilli, continues on with the Graham dance tradition, a tradition whose verbal equivalent, not surprisingly, perfectly translates as gay man's delight. And why not with such fabulously glamorous men that half nakedly perform some of the most sophisticated and tantalizing steps the artistic world has ever known...who can deny the delectable drama?

We can offer the Gay Press of Los Angeles the opportunity to spotlight specific members of the company. Excellent photographs and phone interview possibilities are available.

The Martha Graham Dance Company will be presented at the Performing Arts Center for three performances (2 programs) beginning Tuesday, October 28 thru Thursday, October 30 at 8:00pm. All tickets are $75.

Tickets for all performances can be purchased on-line at cvpa.csun.com or by calling 818-677-2488 and is opened Monday thru Friday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm and one hour prior to curtain.

The Performing Arts Center is located on Zelzah Avenue, between Prairie and Plummer Streets in the Student Union Complex. Patrons should use Parking Lot G4.

Images are available for download at www.cvpa.csun.com; click on News Flash and then on "get images." For more information contact: William C. Martin, Artistic Director and Marketing, Center for the Visual and Performing Arts: 818-677-7687,

Fax 818-677-6617 or e-mail: william.c.martin@csun.edu

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