Martha Graham Dance Company cancels Kennedy Center show
New York Daily News • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The Martha Graham Dance Company, the oldest dance troupe in the U.S., has canceled its upcoming performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without providing an explanation.
- The cancellation follows a series of boycotts by artists in response to former President Trump taking control of the Kennedy Center in 2025, renaming it the Trump-Kennedy Center, and appointing himself chairman.
- Several performers, including jazz drummer Chuck Redd, the Asian AF comedy troupe, and composer Stephen Schwartz, have withdrawn from scheduled shows, citing concerns over the center's politicization and loss of its apolitical artistic mission.
- Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell criticized artists like Béla Fleck for canceling performances, accusing them of succ
