Reviews, Photos, and Writings

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          

What's Next?

.....wait for it.

Beth Soll & Company is an activity of Dance Projects, Inc.
© 2025 Dance Projects, Inc.
All rights reserved

We need your consent to load the translations

We use a third-party service to translate the website content that may collect data about your activity. Please review the details in the privacy policy and accept the service to view the translations.