Edith Segal and the Red Dancers
In 1930, Edith Segal (1902–1997) traveled to Soviet Russia alongside a group of American artists. When the group returned to the United States they declared, “Art is a Weapon.” Segal was committed to leftist ideals, including racial equality, as represented in her work Black and White (1930). Segal had formed her company, the Red Dancers, by 1929 and in 1933, the Red Dancers joined with other dance groups, including the New Dance Group and the dance company of Anna Sokolow (1910–2000) under the slogan, “Dance is a Weapon.”
In 1930, Edith Segal (1902–1997) traveled to Soviet Russia alongside a group of American artists. When the group returned to the United States they declared, “Art is a Weapon.” Segal was committed to leftist ideals, including racial equality, as represented in her work <em>Black and White</em> (1930). Segal had formed her company, the Red Dancers, by 1929 and in 1933, the Red Dancers joined with other dance groups, including the New Dance Group and the dance company of Anna Sokolow (1910–2000) under the slogan, “Dance is a Weapon.”