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Join Samantha Geracht, Artistic Director of the Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, to learn about Anna Sokolow, a Modern Dance pioneer as well as a Jewish voice for justice.   This presentation will trace Sokolow’s history and art. From New York City’s Lower East Side surrounded by the socialist artistic movement flourishing at the time, through her development as a world-renowned modernist choreographer, to her lifelong ties to Israel with its own modern dance roots. Anna Sokolow’s artistic story is intertwined with the American Jewish story of her time.  

Born in Hartford Connecticut, Anna was a Jewish cultural icon, daughter of immigrants and social activist whose powerful theatrical choreography shaped American modern dance over the course of a 70 year choreographic career. Anna believed that dance could be more than entertainment: she explored the pressing issues of her day—exploring such ideas as the Great Depression, and speaking truth to power as early as the 1930’s as she saw Hitler’s political rise. Explore Anna’s life and her choreographic creation of dramatic contemporary imagery showing both the lyric and stark aspects of the human experience threading her commentaries on humanity and social justice throughout her work.

Samantha Géracht, MFA (Artistic Director) performed with Anna Sokolow’s Players’ Project for eleven years and is a founding member of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble.