Beautiful Isolation
Kanopy Dance Company
Shawn Harper
Kanopy Dance’s new season begins with works from modern dance pioneer Anna Sokolow. Samantha Geracht (a UW-Madison dance alum) and Jim May, artistic directors of Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble in New York, are visiting artists and have set the iconic Lyric Suite (1954) and the haunting solo “Escape” from Sokolow’s larger work Rooms (1955). Also on the program are Lisa Thurrell’s Partita & Chorales and Robert E. Cleary’s This is Not America.
press release: 7:30 pm on Nov. 10; 5 & 8 pm on Nov. 11; 2:30 pm, Nov. 12.
Pre-Show Talk Opening Night
FRI, NOV 10, 7 PM – 7:30 PM | Promenade Hall
Show ticket or ticket stub to Beautiful Isolation for admittance. Meet the artists. Discussion of great American Modern Dance master Anna Sokolow, her history and legacy.
Master Class
THU, NOV 9, 4:30 PM – 6 PM | Kanopy Studio, 341 State St Madison WI 53703
Guest Artist Samantha Geracht Meyers, Artistic Director Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, NYC
Registration Opens Soon