The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble,
in association with the Dance Series at The 14th Street Y
present
"Georgia & Me"
conceived, written and performed by Sarah Ford
directed by director/dramaturge Zoya Kachadurian
2 performances
Saturday December 6 at 3 PM and Sunday December 7 at 7:30 PM
Theater of the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street (near First Avenue)
Tickets: $30; $18 for students/seniors
Reservations: 646.395.4310 or www.14streety.org/theater-and-dance/dance-series
The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble is proud to present guest Sarah Ford in Georgia & Me, her one-woman autobiographical fantasy that follows the reigniting of creative passion and the rediscovery of a forgotten voice. In this compelling theater/dance work, Sarah finds herself in the midst of a spiritual artistic crisis and is confronted in a dream by Georgia O'Keeffe, who defied the male art world and challenges Sarah to rekindle her creative fire. Sarah discovers "It's never too late to find out who you thought you were." Premiered in 2011 at the Midtown International Theater Festival in NYC, the tour-de-force won the award for outstanding production of a solo show.
Sarah Ford graduated from The Juilliard School in NYC and danced with the companies of Anna Sokolow and Jose Limon. As a young mother and dance teacher living in Westchester in the late 1970's, she visited a Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition at the Whitney Museum, and a deep and lasting connection was made. Sarah was profoundly affected by the work and the way it affect her own spirit and sense of herself as an artist. Director Zoya Kachadurian is a member of the Lincoln Center Director's Lab and is currently directing Detroit Blues, a play about racial justice then and now, set in 1967 Detroit.
www.georgia-and-me.com
Georgia & Me is part of the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble season, entitled "Anna's Americana," at the 14th Street Y, December 3-7.
Guest Clay Taliaferro will join the resident Sokolow Ensemble for a program of "Homage to Edgar Allan Poe," "Frida," and "Preludes" by Sokolow, and "Are We There Yet" by Alan Danielson. For more information about the Sokolow company, please visit www.sokolowtheatredance.org
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