Description
Sacred Garment – Percussion and Piano Music for the Martha Graham Technique – by Kevin Sport
Sacred Garment is an exciting blend of percussion, piano and some other instruments such as upright bass, Fender Rhodes and organ. There are 33 tracks in all and a run time of 74 minutes. The album contains music for a complete Martha Graham Technique class: Floor Work, Standing Center and Coming Across the Floor. Some more advanced exercises such as Falls on Seven and Eleven and The Pretzel are included. Count info and explanation for each track is also included.
The album was created with the invaluable assistance and advisement of Peggy Lyman Hayes, former principal dancer of the Martha Graham Dance Company and current master teacher at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance.
CONTENTS:
| FLOOR WORK | LENGTH | DEMOS | |
| 1. | Bounces, Breathings on Two Counts | 1:40 | |
| 2. | Breathings on Four Counts | 1:01 | |
| 3. | Seated Spirals | 3:23 | |
| 4. | Soles of Feet Together Contractions | 1:07 | |
| 5. | Deep Stretches | 2:07 | |
| 6. | Deep Stretches, Variations (Single counts to the Sides) | 1:08 | |
| 7. | Feet Coming Forward, Breathings on Three | 1:36 | |
| 8. | Long Leans | 1:00 | |
| 9. | Turns Around the Back | 1:33 | |
| 10. | Back Leg Extension | 1:03 | |
| 11. | Pretzel | 1:32 | |
| 12. | Pleadings | 3:27 | |
| 13. | Exercise on Six | 0:39 | |
| 14. | Falls on Eleven | 1:22 | |
| 15. | Falls on Seven | 1:07 | |
| STANDING CENTER | |||
| 16. | Plies | 6:30 | |
| 17. | Brushes, Four Feel | 1:58 | |
| 18. | Brushes, Two Feel | 1:40 | |
| 19. | Straight Leg Brushes with a Cut | 1:40 | |
| 20. | Changes Around the Ankle in Nine Counts | 2:11 | |
| 21. | Adagio | 3:14 | |
| 22. | Center Combination in Twelve-Eight | 2:11 | |
| 23. | Preparation for Jumps | 0:47 | |
| 24. | Stationary Jumps | 0:26 | |
| COMING ACROSS THE FLOOR | |||
| 25. | Slow Walks | 3:50 | |
| 26. | Triplets | 3:31 | |
| 27. | Triplets, Faster | 3:23 | |
| 28. | Prances | 3:19 | |
| 29. | Prances, Faster | 3:20 | |
| 30. | Sparkles | 3:12 | |
| 31. | Step Draws | 3:29 | |
| 32. | Traveling Jumps | 3:14 | |
| 33. | Traveling Jumps, Faster | 2:44 |
SACRED GARMENT: Percussion and Piano Music for the Martha Graham Technique
By Kevin Sport
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