#Repost @marthagrahamdance ・・・ Here’s another archival challenge for us! We have, of course a riposte to go with this repost... — @mercetrust writes, “According to Merce, on opening night of "Letter to the World," he tore out of the wings with his "March jumps," as pictured above. But by the time he got to the bench, he realized #marthagraham had missed her entrance and wasn't there! Thinking quickly, he improvised something with the bench until other dancers came on stage. 📸Barbara Morgan @marthagrahamdance what else do you have in your archives?” Well, @mercetrust , we have a similar shot of Merce’s fabulous “March jump” by Phillipe Halsman and we are just wondering - whether Martha missed her entrance because she didn’t make her fast change or whether, by making Merce improvise so early in his career (21 years old,) she was setting him on his path to discovering his own genius... 😃 Freud says there are no accidents... #marthagraham #mercecunningham #genius #shehadasenseofhumor #dancehistory #americanicon #thinkdifferent

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