Sokolow Theater/Dance Ensemble to Present Works by Anna Sokolow at 14th Street Y, 12/3-7
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 02, 2014
Early on, Sokolow broke away from the limitation of pure, abstract movement and turned to the incorporation of all the arts -- dance, theater, poetry, painting, and multi-media. Her works, revealing both the lyric and stark aspects of the human experience, are as relevant today as they were when this iconic and uncompromising choreographer first created them.
Just a few remarks about Sokolow's training and influence:
- "She has influenced us all"...............................Jerome Robbins - "I learned more about acting in her dance classes than I did with any of the acting teachers I studied under at Juilliard"......Patti LuPone - "Her class was amazing! If she saw a push-up, she would say 'what is that?' I don't want to ever see a movement without an emotion attached to it!'"...................................................Kevin KlineThe Sokolow Dance/Theater Ensemble, now under the artistic direction of Jim May, will perform a program entitled "Anna's Americana:- "Preludes" (1984) music by George Gershwin, played live by Amir Khosrowpour
- "Homage to Edgar Allan Poe" (1993), music by Rachmaninoff, played live by Khosrowpour
- "Frida" (1997), Sokolow's last work, created when she was 87 years old. Her homage to her friend Frida Kahlo.
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