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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“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. 