Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199396931)

Honest Bodies: Revolutionary Modernism in the Dances of Anna Sokolow illustrates the ways in which Sokolow's choreography circulated American modernism among Jewish and communist channels of the international Left from the 1930s-1960s in the United States, Mexico, and Israel. Drawing upon extensive archival materials, interviews, and theories from dance, Jewish, and gender studies, this book illuminates Sokolow's statements for workers' rights, anti-racism, and the human condition through her choreography for social change alongside her dancing and teaching for Martha Graham. Tracing a catalog of dances with her companies Dance Unit, La Paloma Azul, Lyric Theatre, and Anna Sokolow Dance Company, along with presenters and companies the Negro Cultural Committee, New York State Committee for the Communist Party, Federal Theatre Project, Nuevo Grupo Mexicano de Clásicas y Modernas, and Inbal Dance Theater, this book highlights Sokolow's work in conjunction with developments in ethnic definitions, diaspora, and nationalism in the US, Mexico, and Israel.

Author: Hannah Kosstrin
ISBN-10: 0199396930
ISBN-13: 9780199396931
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2017
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2018