Village Preservation's video: 19 MONUMENTAL POSES: Workshop with the Martha Graham Company

On October 14, 2022, Village Preservation and the Martha Graham Dance Company presented 19 Monumental Poses, a collaboration as a part of Village Preservation’s outdoor public art exhibition VILLAGE VOICES 2022. Taken from groundbreaking, seminal Graham works, the 19 Poses embody power, determination, resilience, and more. They are a perfect compliment to the Monument to Choice. A Monument to Choice is a physical platform that carries the inscription “I Stand for Choice.” It is an experiential installation, a part of VILLAGE VOICES 2022, where people can rise up to show their support in standing for choice in all its meanings and iterations; it is a destination to make a statement. To honor all the Village trailblazers who raised their voices for our right to vote, to live the lives we choose to live, and to stand up in the present to voice our determination to fight for the hard won civil rights achievements of our forebears at this critical juncture in our collective history, the Martha Graham Dance Company re-created and taught the public the 19 Poses for the 19th Amendment, originally created for the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote in the United States. The public program took place at A Monument to Choice in Gansevoort Plaza at Little West 12th Street. More information at https://www.villagepreservation.org/event/19-monumental-poses-workshop-with-martha-graham-company/