Notes for Scholars and Students
Suggestions for how to explore:
All the information to light Martha Graham’s Errand Into The Maze is contained in these 4 documents. I know because I have reproduced these cues. They are just not in the formats we use today.
To study the paperwork:
- Make a modern magic sheet to understand the plot, focus and cues
- Rework all the documents into modern formats
Imagine that you are the lighting designer in 1966. Using the 1963 plot and later associated documents:
- Reconstruct the cues for Errand in the new plot
The channels (dimmers) in the ’63 plot are numbered differently but the lighting design concepts are there along with new ones. All the lighting ideas from 1948 are in the 1963 plot.
- Make a modern magic sheet for 1963
- Trace the numbering of the dimmers and concepts in the 1960 Night Journey cues
- What lighting concepts have been added to the Graham Rep plot since 1949?
- What other angles and colors are now available for the new works?