DNCE 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nahum Sokolow
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This one only had 4 characters based from othello. In 2011 the limon company revived this work. >had a design costume contest (a student won) dimensional characters e. g. the emperor jones 1920: theme based works : shorter based on themes from literature, history, and religion. e. g the moor"s pavane 1949, based on shakespeare"s othello. "all choreography is autobiographical, weather the creater intends it or not" - our life experiences come out in art. Video: "limon: a life beyond words" - modern dance was an impulse to european superiorism ballet. Had works dedicated to individual rooms and the lonilness of living in new york. Used types of people; rather than actual characters/persons. Wanted her students to question her teachers as well as her audiences to question dance; therefore chose serious subject matter. Not trying to solve issues; her works often didn"t have an ending; just faded out believed in confronting her audience, provoking them to reflect on contemporary problems in society.
