Maple Leaf Rag (ballet) Maple Leaf Rag (ballet) Maple Leaf Rag is a storyless Martha Graham ballet set to ragtime compositions by Scott Joplin. The work premiered on October 2, 1990 at New York City Center with costumes by Calvin Klein and lighting by David Finley. Chris Landriau arranged the music and played piano at the debut. The dance is a jubilant self-parody and an homage, of sorts, to Graham's mentor and musical director, Louis Horst, who would play the rag for her whenever she fell into a creative slump. Graham was 96 when she created "Maple Leaf Rag"; it is her last completed
Maple Leaf Gardens This marked the first official Leafs event in the building since the last Leafs game played there in 1999 nineteen years to the day. Maple Leaf Gardens was named a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007 because it was: The arena was also designated under the "Ontario Heritage Act" by the City of Toronto in 1991. A list of other teams using Maple Leaf Gardens as their home: Maple Leaf Gardens Maple Leaf Gardens is a historic building located at the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building was initially constructed as