Jim May will teach a Sokolow Repertory Workshop at the Peridance Capezio Center. All levels are welcome. Male dancers taking this workshop will be considered for Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble’s upcoming performances.
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Sokolow Residency @ the Eugene Lang College
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.
Movement For Actors at HB Studio – Fall 2009
H-B Studio in New York, Saturdays, September 5 – December 19, 2009. Taught by Jim May, Artistic Director of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble.
Summer Sokolow Workshop at Peridance
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 [...]
Children’s Classes
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. Class Schedule MONDAYS 3:10 – 4:10 Modern Dance I (age 6-8) 9/14 [...]
Summer workshops with Jim May
Sokolow Summer Workshop at Peridance, New York City, July 6 – 10, 2009, 10 am to 1 pm (Jim May instructor) Technique & repertory. www.peridance.com. Sokolow/Weidman workshop at Momenta, Chicago. Aug. 3 – 8, 2009 (Jim May instructor). Technique, repertory, composition. To inquire please write: stephanieclemens@hotmail.com.
