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Production

Serpent Heart (1946)

APGRD id
3347
Start date
10th May 1946
Production Media
Choreographic work (dance, ballet, mime, dumbshow, performance art etc.)
Associated ancient works
Medea (Euripides)
Companies
Martha Graham and Dance Company
APGRD Notes
Martha Graham's adaptation of the Medea myth, first performed as Serpent Heart on 10 May 1946; renamed 'Cave of the Heart' for performances from 27 February 1947 onwards (ID 6186).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/3347
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Person Credit Notes
Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) Set Designer
May O'Donnell Dancer
Erick Hawkins Dancer
Edythe Gilfond Costume Designer
Jean Rosenthal Lighting
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Composer
Martha Graham (1894-1991) Dancer
Martha Graham (1894-1991) Choreographer
Yuriko Kimura Dancer
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Columbia University, Columbia University in the City of New York (New York City, New York, United States) United States in the McMillan Theatre
Title Year Format Content
Cave of the Heart Print-out website
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Medea in Performance, 1500-2000 Margaret Reynolds, Olga Taxidou, Diane Purkiss, Ian Christie, Eva Stehlíková, Mae Smethurst, Platon Mavromoustakos, Marianne McDonald, Fiona Macintosh, David Gowen, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin Book
Print-Out: Dance on Disc Print-out