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WHEN:
Friday, January 26, 2024 at 7 PM
WHERE:
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson Building, Coolidge Auditorium
10 First Street SE, Washington, DC
TICKETS:
Free event
Reserve tickets at Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble page on the Library of Congress website.
Creative Team:
- Samantha Géracht, Artistic Director
- James May, Founding Director
- Eleanor Bunker, Associate Artistic Director
- Lakey Evans-Peña, Associate Director, Ailey School Horton Pedagogy
- Abby North, Principal of North Music Group LLC
- Ilana Ruth Cohen, dancer
- Erin Gottwald, dancer
- Margherita Tisato, dancer
Event Description:
“…When the Library of Congress Music Division made the extraordinary discovery of handwritten scores composed by Alex North for two of Anna Sokolow’s dances, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble Artistic Director Samantha Géracht reimagined the dances using archival evidence and the music. ‘Slaughter of the Innocents’ is Sokolow’s 1937 lament for Basque women suffering under Nazi aerial bombing. ‘Ballad in a Popular Style’ is a wistful lyrical excursion into jazz, first performed in 1936. Both will be performed by members of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble to the original music, for the first time in 80 years, showing that the creative collaboration of Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) and Alex North (1910-1991) remains fresh, compelling, and relevant for today’s audiences. A panel discussion on the revival of the music and dance and the lives of North and Sokolow will be followed by an audience Q&A session…”
Photo Courtesy of Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble.
