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Columbiad (ballet)
Columbiad is a solo modern dance choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Louis Horst.[1] Edythe Gilfond designed the costume; Philip Stapp created the set. The ballet premiered on December 27, 1939, at the St. James Theatre in New York City.[2]Columbiad's debut was part of an event called the Holiday Dance Festival, which included four additional works by Graham and pieces by the American Ballet Caravan, Carmalita Maracci and Dance Group, and Korean modern dancer Sai Shoki.[3][4]
Synopsis
Program notes described the work as "an American Ode to Freedom."[5] A quotation from Revolutionary War era poet Timothy Dwight IV was also included:
| Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise |
| The queen of the world, the child of the skies. |
| To conquest and slaughter let Europe aspire |
| 'Whelm nations in blood, and wrap cities in fire. |
| Thy heroes the rights of mankind shall defend |
| And triu
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