Photo: Melissa Sobel
Performances in New York City
Sat & Sun, April 25 & 26, 2026 at 7pm
MMAC Theater
248 W 60th St
New York, NY 10023
General admission $38
Students/Seniors $27
Previously in Madison, WI
Thu & Fri, April 16 & 17, 2026 at 7pm
Sat, April 18 at 4pm and 7pm
Sun, April 19 at 2pm
Overture Center for the Arts
201 State St
Madison, WI 53703
Anna Sokolow’s epic work, Odes (1965), is a luminous vision of humanity inspired by the turbulent world of Greek mythology, created to the innovative music of Edgard Varèse. Odes requires over 20 dancers, so the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble began another of its many collaborations with Kanopy Dance of Madison, WI, in the summer of 2025. The collaboration will come to fruition in April, 2026, when ST/DE and Kanopy Dance will perform Odes together in a program titled “Divine Mythologies” at MMAC Theater in New York City and the Overture Center in Madison, WI.
ST/DE dancers will also join Kanopy Dance in Ekstasi, choreographed by Kanopy Dance Co-Artistic Director Lisa Thurrell to the music of Arvo Pärt. Ekstasi is a celestial journey inspired by St. Peter’s Basilica, the cathedral of art in the Vatican City. It chronicles the ecstasy and the agony of pursuing a divine path.
Also on the program will be Transformations, choreographed by Kanopy Dance Co-Artistic Director Robert E. Cleary, a tumultuous yet beautiful passage through change and growth of an individual spirit.
In Madison, ensemble member Margaret Mighty Oak Brackey will perform Two Preludes by Anna Sokolow, originally created for and on, and now taught and coached by Evelyn Shepard. In New York City, Edu Hernandez will perform a solo from Anna Sokolow’s Lyric Suite.
“In Divine Mythologies, we see the trajectory of Graham’s and Sokolow’s influence — particularly when dancers and company leaders undertake a project like this with care and respect.”
Katie Reiser
Isthmus, April 18, 2026
Madison, WI
Photos: Mats Rudels, courtesy Kanopy Dance
“‘Odes’ re-creates a world haunted by nature’s mysteries. In this open landscape, the gods might reach out at any time to snatch their prey.”
Robert Johnson
The Star-Ledger, 2011
About Kanopy Dance
Kanopy Dance Company, a quintessential modern dance company, is a resident company of the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI. While the Kanopy Dance Company informs its works through its roots in the Martha Graham tradition, the company has developed its own brand, shaping an exciting new dimension and visual language to advance American modern dance.
Kanopy’s artistic directors, Robert E. Cleary, former dancer for Ballet Minnesota and Minnesota Dance Theater, and Lisa Thurrell, who trained and danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company, cultivate the dynamic growth of modern dance—establishing creative artistic benchmarks—by training professional dancers, choreographing original works and collaborating with internationally recognized guest artists.
Video: On Odes and the collaboration
ST/DE Artistic Director Samantha Géracht on Anna Sokolow and the collaboration with Kanopy Dance
ST/DE Associate Artistic Director Lauren Naslund on staging and directing Odes