Bruno Walter Auditorium

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts preserves a first edition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in its Music and Recorded Sound Division. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the Library will display the music manuscript, which is among only 11 known extant copies.

This centennial exhibition traces the arc of Martha Graham’s groundbreaking career, centering her visionary approach to dance as psychological expression. Graham transformed the dancing body into a vessel for inner life, using movement to externalize emotion, memory, and the unconscious.

This centennial exhibition traces the arc of Martha Graham’s groundbreaking career, centering her visionary approach to dance as psychological expression. Graham transformed the dancing body into a vessel for inner life, using movement to externalize emotion, memory, and the unconscious.