Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble – Fall 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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.
Dreams and Other Dances April 23 – April 26, 2009 The Sokolow Ensemble returned to the Merce Cunningham Studio with a season that included Anna Sokolow’s lyical BALLADE to the piano preludes of Scriabin, and her masterpiece DREAMS, depicting her haunting nightmares of the Holocaust. Also on the program …ON A DARKLING PLAIN, an illuminating [...]
Jim May is teaching a workshop for teenagers at the 92nd St. Y, which started on February 8, 2009. Students are learning an etude based on movement from Anna Sokolow’s 1961 masterwork about the Holocaust, Dreams, and Steps of Silence, her work about the unjustly imprisoned.
