“WOMEN IN DANCE” WEEKEND AT THE 92ND STREET Y

26 Performances by Jewish Artists
 
Friday, December 11, 8 pm
Saturday, December 12, 3 pm
Sunday, December 13, 3 pm

 NEW YORK, NY: November 25— The 92nd Street Y has supported Jewish women who create, sustain, transform and personify modern dance since its inception 75 years ago.  Anna Sokolow, Pearl Lang and Sophie Maslow created dance at 92Y in the 1930s and ‘40s; Ze’eva Cohen, Wendy Osserman, Risa Jaroslow, Andrea Miller and Jill Sigman do so today.  As part of its 75th Anniversary Season, the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center is spending the weekend of December 11-13 celebrating some of our favorite contemporary “dames of dance,” with over two dozens performances of new and repertory works. Dance Center director Renata Celichowska says, “This weekend is a chance for us to focus on a group of dance artists whose connections with us run deep and whose visions – all female – are remarkably diverse.” The Friday evening program is dedicated to Anna Sokolow; the Saturday matinee honors Amy Sue Rosen, and the Saturday evening performance celebrates Pearl Lang.
 
Each performance is $12; each program will have one intermission.
 
The full program is listed below.
For tickets, please visit www.92Y.org or call 212.415.5500
For press reservations or information, please contact Sarah Morton at smorton@92y.org or 212.415.5435
 
FRIDAY, 8 PM – Dedicated to Anna Sokolow
 
Laura Shapiro: Coal Miners’ Daughters (work-in-progress)
Janis Brenner: Showing Meredith Monk’s Break (1964)
Deborah Damast: Ankole Modern (2008)
Heidi Latsky: Hommage to Joan (premiere – a tribute to former 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center Director Joan Finkelstein)
Jody Oberfelder: excerpts from The Story Thus Far (2002)
Wendy Osserman: cube rose (2009)
Myrna Packer: excerpts from Under the Skin (2005 – premiered at 92Y Harkness Dance Festival)
Deganit Shemy: Arena (2009)
Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble: Kaddish (1945 – NY premiere at the 92nd Street Y in 1946)

SATURDAY, 3 PM – Dedicated to Amy Sue Rosen
 
Naomi Goldberg Haas: excerpts from Fanfare (2009)
Risa Jaroslow: Girls Girls Girls (2009)
Andrea Miller: TBD
Margot Mink Colbert: Going (an excerpt from Transit(ion) III, 2009)
Stefanie Nelson: Ode (work-in-progress)
Neta Pulvermacher: TBD
Leslie Satin: Procedural: Due(t) (2009)
Jill Sigman: excerpt from ZsaZsaLand (2009)
 
SUNDAY, 3 PM – Dedicated to Pearl Lang
 
Ze’eva Cohen: Film of If Eve Had a Daughter: Mother’s Tongue/I Love You (1996)
Carolyn Dorfman: excerpts from Cat’s Cradle (2007)
Aviva Geismar: excerpts from There’s Many a Slip (2003) and Line of Descent (2008)
Amy Kail: Barrier Reef (2009)
Barbara Mahler: Shorts (2009)
Virginie Mecene: Presenting Graham II dancers in Pearl Lang’s Tehillim (1974)
Regina Nejman: I Don’t Have a Title Yet (work-in-progress)
Amy Pivar: Songs for Solo Dance and Voice
Maxine Steinman: Aperitif Musings (2008)
Netta Yerushalmy: excerpts from Come Closer Please (2008 – premiered at 92Y Harkness Dance Festival)

For more on the 92nd Street Y please visit http://www.92y.org

Topics: Amy Kail, Amy Pivar, Amy Sue Rosen, Andrea Miller, Anna Sokolow, Aviva Geismar, Barbara Mahler, Carolyn Dorfman, Deborah Damast, Deganit Shemy, Graham II Dancers, Heidi Latsky, Janis Brenner, Jill Sigman, Joan Finkelstein, Jody Oberfelder, Laura Shapiro, Leslie Satin, Margot Mink Colbert, Maxine Steinman, Myrna Packer, Naomi Goldberg Haas, Neta Pulvermacher, Regina Nejman, Risa Jaroslow, Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, Stefanie Nelson, Virginie Mecene, Wendy Osserman, Ze’eva Cohen

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