Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble – Fall 2010
Tickets: www.joyce.org or call 212.242.0800 Thursday April 22, Gala Event 8 pm (reception to follow) $45 Friday-Saturday April 23-24, 8 pm – $20 Sunday April 25, 3 pm – $20 ***** PROGRAM THE EVOLUTION OF RAGTIME (1952) MURALS (1980) NY Premier SEPTEMBER SONNET (1995) FRIDA (1997) Choreographer: Anna Sokolow Artistic Director: Jim May Dancers: Melissa [...]
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 [...]
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. In Spring 2010, Jim May will reconstruct “Lyric Suite,” the 1953 classic modern dance work with music by Alban Berg, on a cast of Eugene Lang College dancers. Several courses at Lang will be structured to include themes around Sokolow and the residency including a year long dance history course as well as integrative arts courses open to all of the students.
Taught by Jim May “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 [...]
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.
