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- Using rare footage, personal stories, and historic archives, artistic
director Jim May chronicles the life of Anna Sokolow, world famous dancer,
choreographer, and teacher. Beginning in 1910 with her birth and youth
on the lower East Side of New York City, Mr. May follows Ms. Sokolow's
life through the turmoils of the 20th century and her seminal contributions
to Modern Dance in the United States and around the world.
Jim May worked with Ms. Sokolow for 35 years before her death and now
continues her legacy. This lecture was first given at the Dance Museum
in Saratoga, NY and since has received wide interest in the academic
world with many presentations, including Mills College, Stehens College,
and the Miami Schools of the Arts.
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- Anna Sokolow’s extraordinary full-length dance theater work
inspired by the works of Belgian surrealist painter, Rene Magritte.
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- The French wind quintet, le concert impromptu, joins the Sokolow
Theatre/Dance Ensemble in this unique melding of musicians and dancers,
the result of over two years of trans-Atlantic collaboration and two
extensive tours of France. Read more...
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- This program celebrates Anna Sokolow's innovative and ground-breaking
interest in Jazz music as inspiration for serious choreographic efforts
by presenting her jazz works from the 1950's; The
Evolution of Ragtime (‘52), Session
For Six (‘58), and the masterwork Rooms
(‘55).
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- Performance of works from the Sokolow repertory.
The program may be tailored to suit your needs.
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- "A warm celebration of the life and work of one of American
modern dance's most significant choreographers and dancers. The evening
had an illuminating retrospective tone, yet Sokolow's continuing creativity
was also highlighted by live performances of her choreography."
Anna Kisselgoff, New York Times,
1995
- Performances by the company of Sokolow repertory plus rare video footage,
including Anna Sokolow discussing her life, excerpts from Bullfight
(1945), the only existing record of Sokolow as a dancer, and testimonials
from Gerald Arpino, Sophie Maslow, Uta Hagan, Jerome Robbins, and The
Honorable Ruth W. Messinger.
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- "Then there are her tributes to the spirit of the Jewish people,
their customs, their literature, their plight."
Ernestine Stodelle, Ballet Review,
1995
- Performances by the company of Kaddish, Ritual Suite,
and Dreams, plus rare video footage.
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- "Anna Sokolow is a wonderfully special kind of choreographer.
No one is attuned to the anguish in the human condition quite the way
she is, or can present it in dance forms of such startling and moving
clarity."
Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice,
1970
Anna Sokolow's choreography is and has been in the repertories of
many companies in the United States
and internationally. See Current Repertory
for available work.
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- Teaching is central to the mission of the Sokolow Theatre
Dance Ensemble. Artistic director Jim May and company members teach ongoing classes
in classic modern dance in New York
City, and workshops based in the repertory of
Anna Sokolow, in New York City and worldwide.
- Sokolow and Limon-based Technique Classes
- Movement for Actors
- Composition
- Improvisation
- Sokolow Repertory
- Dance History
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