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By Selma Jeanne Cohen, Erick Hawkins

Participants: Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Erick Hawkins, Donald McKayle, Alwin Nikolas, Pauline Koner, Paul Taylor.

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At eighty, he was still fresh and bold. The good teacher does not teach rules; he stimulates. He shows the students what he knows and inspires them — to go and do something else. Learning rules cannot produce an artist. What is an artist? What is the nature of the creative process? These are things we can't know; they can't be explained. The creative teacher opens doors for his students to see what life is, what they are. They have to take it from there. It is easier and quicker to teach by rule, but in the end it's no good.

I would convey the Younger Son's journey, his dissipation, and his degradation through a solo passage. The conclusion of it would be his confronting the Citizen of a Far Country to highlight his final humiliation. The most beautiful addition of thought beyond the words of the parable could be the conclusion. It would be that the Son who stayed home joined too in the making merry with a glad heart and all jealousy vanished. For the Father appears to have made a mistake. He appears never to have told the Older Son how much he loved him.

Others see life as a tremendous, mysterious force, and this is reflected in their work. Of course there are times when we want to be entertained. Life is not all deep emotion. Art should recognize all ov. needs. I don't believe in ivory towers. The artist should belong to his society, yet without feeling that he has to conform to it. He must feel that there is a place for him in society, a place for what he is. He must see life fully, and then say what he feels about it. Then, although 30 The Question: choreography, Anna Sokolow: American Dance Theatre (photo: Herbert Migdoll) he belongs to his society, he can change it, presenting it with fresh feelings, fresh ideas.

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