Ballet

El Penitente

El Penitente is a ballet. El Penitente is a modern dance work by Martha Graham performed to music by Louis Horst.

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About the work

El Penitente is a modern dance work by Martha Graham performed to music by Louis Horst. It premiered on August 11, 1940, at the Bennington College Theater, Bennington, Vermont, with costumes by Edythe Gilfond and a set by Arch Lauterer. Isamu Noguchi later redesigned the set and created a new mask.

From the Wikipedia article “El Penitente”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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