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Sokolow Birthday Tribute
February 14th at the 92nd St Y

February 14th, 2010
3 pm performance at the 92nd Street Y (@ Lexington Ave)

Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble opens a year in celebrations of Anna Sokolow’s 100th Birthday.

  • Celebrate with us Anna Sokolow’s 100th Birthday. Whether in Contemporary dance; ROOMS, Broadway; HAIR, or ballet; OPUS 65 Her dance presents a subtle synthesis of acting and dancing; it casts its spell upon the audience through a network of intuitive kinetic reactions that have already been planted in the labyrinth of man’s inherited past. The locale and date-line of a Sokolow theme may be the here and now, but the underlying emotions are timeless. Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble will take you through Ms. Sokolow’s prolific career from the early works to her final work FRIDA in the late 1990’s with many special performances along the way. Whether it is political appeal, moral discourse, or psychological investigation her choreographic genius arrives at the essence of life.

Program include: Kaddish (2 different versions danced by Deborah Zall and company member Samantha Geracht), Ballade, Four Songs (with pianist Alon Nechushtan and singer Paula Valstein), Prelude (a solo originally created by Anna on dancer Tonia Shimin), excerps of Rooms, Frida, Kurt Weill and Murals (a recently discovered work that Anna created in Mexico).

Tickets are $12 - seating is limited

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Sokolow Residency @ the Eugene Lang College

Anna Sokolow Residency—Fall 2009/Spring 2010

The Anna Sokolow Dance Residency will begin in the Fall of 2009 with an exploration of the life and work of world renowned modern dancer, choreographer and teacher, Anna Sokolow. In celebration of Anna’s 100th Birthday, Jim May, Artistic Director of the Sokolow Theatre Foundation, will conduct workshops and lectures examining the historical and social context of Sokolow’s work through research, rare videos and photographs. The fall semester will also include a walking tour of Greenwich Village, where The New School is situated and where Ms. Sokolow was born and raised. Mr. May worked with Anna Sokolow for 35 years before continuing her legacy.

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Movement For Actors at HB Studio - Fall 2009

Jim May, Artistic Director of Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, will be teaching a Movement Class for Actors at the prestigious H-B Studio in New York City. Continue reading →

Anna Sokolow’s 100th Birthday Celebration

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The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble is planning a year-long festival of events and activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Anna Sokolow’s birthday. Check our Calendar page for a complete schedule. Continue reading →

2009-2010 Calendar

2009-2010 Anna Sokolow 100th Anniversary schedule

Summer 2009

  • Nacre Dance Company-Albany, NY–Session For Six,
  • Momentum Dance Company, Chicago, IL–Session For Six

Sept- 2009–Fall Semester at New School for Social Research, Dance Dept.

  • Lecture Series Sept. 17 - Oct. 22nd Faculty member Jim May will conduct 6–four hour lectures with rare videos on Anna Sokolow in 20th Centure dance.

Nov. 6th & 7th–Introdans will perform ROOMS as part of Netherlands Dance Festival’s 50 year celebration. Anna Sokolow was the first guest choreographer.

Dec. 11th– Kaddish will be performed as part of the Women in Dance at the 92nd Street Y, Harkness Center’s 75th Anniversary. Click here to see event and purchase tickets.

Feb. 9, 2010- Limon Company will perform ROOMS on Anna Sokolow’s Birthday at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in NYC.

Feb. 14th – Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensembles performs at the 92nd St. Y, Sundays at 3.

  • Celebrate Anna Sokolow’s 100th Birthday. Whether in Contemporary dance; ROOMS, Broadway; HAIR, or ballet; OPUS 65 Her dance presents a subtle synthesis of acting and dancing; it casts its spell upon the audience through a network of intuitive kinetic reactions that have already been planted in the labyrinth of man’s inherited past. The locale and date-line of a Sokolow theme may be the here and now, but the underlying emotions are timeless. Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble will take you through Ms. Sokolow’s prolific career from the early works to her final work FRIDA in the late 1990’s with many special performances along the way. Whether it is political appeal, moral discourse, or psychological investigation her choreographic genius arrives at the essence of life.

Feb. 19th & 20th-–Boston Conservatory of Music (where Ms. Sokolow was given an honorary degree) will perform KAFKA.

April 22nd - 25th—-Joyce Soho, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble Spring season. Special presentation of newly discovered work by Ms. Sokolow.

May 21st - June 1st—Sokolow Ensemble in residence at the Yard on Martha’s Vineyard.

July 19th - Aug. 8th—Cross Border collaboration between Mexico & United States. Cast includes dancers from both countries. Reconstruction of Murals, a dance Ms. Sokolow choreographed in 1980 and hasn’t been scene since.

October 28-31- Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble’s Gala celebration at the Ailey Citygroup Theater.

Starting in April of 2010 the Lincoln Center Library will hold a special display of Anna’s career.

Summer Sokolow Workshop at Peridance

Taught by Jim May

workshop05_jim“We see in a person’s work what he asks from life and from art. Art should recognize all our needs.” as said by Anna Sokolow, a disciple of Martha Graham and Louis Horst. Continuing the historic tradition of these legends, Artistic Director Jim May is a devoted descendant of Ms. Sokolow and a former member of the José Limón Dance Company. Receiving a Bessie Award for a lifetime achievement, Mr. May is an internationally recognized teacher and has been on the faculty of Juilliard, SUNY Purchase and Princeton University. At his home teaching base, Peridance Center, Mr. May plans to share the past voice of Anna Sokolow through teaching selections from her repertory, and exploring her dramatic contemporary imagery that shows both the lyric and stark aspects of life. Continue reading →

Children’s Classes

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Francesca Todesco, member of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, offers children’s classes in Hoboken, New Jersey. Teachers this year include Jim May, artistic director of the Sokolow Ensemble, and Melissa Birnbaum, member of the Sokolow Ensemble. Visit the new website at www.everylittlemovement.com for more details. Continue reading →