June 16, 2000

Martha Graham's Legacy Will Survive Her Dance Company

By GUS SOLOMONS JR

It was inevitable. The Martha Graham Dance Company had been in financial straits since well before the death of its founder in 1991 at age 96. Graham's self-appointed savior, Ron Protas, whose background was in photography, became her associate artistic director, personal adviser, and heir to her estate. As artistic director, in his attempts after her death to preserve the Graham legacy, Protas antagonized virtually everyone he dealt with. Baffling were many of his

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