In Step With The Jewish Experience: In the choreography of Pearl

From: The Jewish Week | Date: May 26, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

Daniel Schifrin
The Jewish Week
05-26-1994
In step with The Jewish Experience: In the choreography of Pearl Lang,. the soul of a people is laid bare.

DANIEL SCHIFRIN

STAFF WRITER

Ask most modern dance choreographers about their main influences, and they'll probably say Martha Graham and Jose Limon.

Ask Pearl Lang, and she'll say King David.

"King David said that all his bones offered praise to God," said Lang before a recent rehearsal at the 92nd Street Y. And dancing, like King David's psalms, "has to come from your bones, has to come from within."

For Lang, who was a star in Martha Graham's ...

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