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Drawing on material from nearly 100 interviews, Larry Warren has created a fascinating account and assessment of the life and work of Anna Sokolow, whose nomadic career was divided between New York, Mexico, and Israel. Setting her work on more than 70 dance companies, Anna Sokolow not only pioneered the development of a personal approach to movement, which has become part of the language of contemporary dance, but also created such masterpieces as Rooms, dealing with loneliness and alienation, and Dreams, which concerns the inner torment of victims of the Nazi Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROUTLEDGE","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51544602018082,"sku":"9789057021855-new","price":114.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9789057021855.jpg?v=1776408726"},{"product_id":"dancing-female-9789057020261-new","title":"Dancing Female","description":"How do women set up institutions? 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