# @kennedycenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGeEx6uxzNK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/28724491-kennedycenter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-24T21:02:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Kennedy Center (@kennedycenter) — https://gondola.cc/kennedycenter

## Caption

#OnThisDay in 1981, Martha Graham Dance Company premiered Acts of Light for the first time on the Opera House stage. 🕺💃

This piece represented a shift from Graham’s earlier works by presenting a more stripped-down and less theatrical performance to highlight the power of the dancers themselves as mediums of artistic expression. The title of the work comes from a line written by poet Emily Dickinson in a letter to her aunt in 1884 thanking her for her “gifts of light.” 🕯️🌟 #KenCenArchives

📸: Joan Marcus

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