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Anna Sokolow was an unflinching choreographer of human pain and alienation. Not exactly popular stuff but unforgettably piercing. Her works are not seen much anymore (she died in 2000), which is why the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company’s reconstruction of her 1955 piece about urban isolation, “Rooms,” is so fascinating. Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post Chief Dance Critic’s Pick for Spring 2010. Washington Post, January 31, 2010.

Taste and clarity of expression within parameters of high aesthetic standards set Dakshina from Washington DC apart as a dance company…Its gifted young director Daniel anchors talents of varying cultural origin and, himself a Bharatanatyam dancer, absorbs influences in his work. Times of India, January 3, 2010.

…impassioned and provocative … Almost 50 years after its debut, Anna Sokolow’s “Dreams” looks as fresh as ever. An intense work that reflects on the atrocities of the Holocaust, it was presented at Dance Place by Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company…Washington Post May 11, 2009

…Shiva represents a dichotomy, and the dancers surely drew his pleasure for the work to come—both light and profound…Cheryl Palonis Adams Facebook Review May 11, 2009

…I was left with a number of lingering images. A woman, her face contorted in terror, opens her mouth to scream, but no noise comes. A man clenches his outstretched fist repeatedly with his other hand as if to pull himself away from something, his pace quickening to a frenzy that leads to a breakdown. A group of individuals pull their own necks and bodies down to the ground as they struggle against the force. “Dreams,” inspired by images of the Holocaust, is a powerful piece….Chris Wingert’s Preview in theNewGay.net, May 7 2009

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