Reviews, Photos, and Writings
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Where the dances come from...
"I am a dancer and a choreographer. When I’m dancing, I feel the power of gravity and the mysterious surge of space. As I move through time and space, I am conscious of the innumerable thoughts that are flowing through my mind. Dancing is mentally demanding and physically exhausting, but because dance is a social art, there is a lot of laughter during rehearsals and classes. The process of finding and making dances can be life-saving because it asks us to seek an understanding of the infinite mystery of the universe, which offers us both earthly and transcendent gifts."
Beth Soll
Beth Soll in Masque: Attempts to Fly
Set and costume by Anne Saussois Photo by J.C. Hotchkiss

Reviews & Comments
“At times her dances may remind the viewer of early Graham – when Graham was herself still digging into movement rather than limiting herself to what had become a standardized vocabulary. At other times one is reminded that Soll’s early studies were with European modern dancers, so that Wigman and Jooss figure in her lineage. But most often what one sees is simply an altogether personal . . . dance imagery.”
David Vaughan, Dance Magazine
“Soll’s work is indeed unclassifiable, delicate, fraught with many of the finer elements of modern dance and often as close to poetry as performance movement comes.”
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune.
“. . .sudden switches in intention, feeling, and direction are integral to Miss Soll's work - and leave one somewhat confused much of the time. But over it all there is a sense of the joy of dance - of simply the freedom to move, to experiment, to express - that leaves the viewer uplifted despite the complexity.”
David Wilck, Christian Science Monitor
“[Soll] stood still and just saw, her focus channeling distances so apocalyptic or visionary that we trembled as they appeared within the lens of this beautiful dance.
Fiona Dolenga.“ Culture Vulture.
Photo by Alina Uşurelu
Tribute to Iris Barbura
Romanian Dancers

Photo by Jaye R. Phillips.
Dreams and Illusions
Dancers: Lodi McClellan, Beth Soll

Photo by Jaye R. Phillips
Six Malombo Dances
Dancers: Melinda Sullivan, Phillip Karg Cosgrove, Catherine Musinsky, Beth Soll and Jeffry Pike

Beth Soll in Adventure
Photo by Stephen Brian Phillips

Beth Soll in Persona
Set and costume by Anne Saussois

Judith Chaffee, Michael Meyer, Beth Soll in Safari
Photo by Jaye R. Phillips

Ruth Birnberg and Beth Soll in
Duet for 4 Figures
Photo. by Jaye R. Phillips
Dolls by Liese Bronfenbrenner

Beth Soll and Abby Dias in
Two Red Solos: A Formal Response
Photo by Ethan Mass.
Writings and other Work
Click button below to read an early (1978) deep dive by Beth Soll into the choreographic experience.
Conversations in a Foreign Language - A Partial History of the Choreographic Process

Janet Aisawa, Abby Dias in Runaway Interplay
Photo by Kimi Aisawa Romportl

Pearl Marasigan, Mariah Steele, Erin Ghislin, Lindsey Hedrick in Black Flower Photo by Erin Baiano

Romanian dancers in Tribute to Iris Barbura
Photo by Alina Uşurelu

Oupa Monareng, Raymond Motau, Philip Tabane and company members in Six Malombo Dances

Beth Soll in Blue Dance
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