Two Songs About Lenin
Although musician Alex North returned to the United States from his visit to the Soviet Union discouraged by its musical formalism, he brought back the film, Three Songs About Lenin, which celebrated the accomplishments of the USSR and Lenin. Sophie Maslow (1916–2001), an active member of the New Dance Group who believed that dance must serve as a vehicle for social change, used this film as inspiration for her solo work that was performed as both Three Songs About Lenin and Two Songs About Lenin.
Although musician Alex North returned to the United States from his visit to the Soviet Union discouraged by its musical formalism, he brought back the film, <em>Three Songs About Lenin</em>, which celebrated the accomplishments of the USSR and Lenin. Sophie Maslow (1916–2001), an active member of the New Dance Group who believed that dance must serve as a vehicle for social change, used this film as inspiration for her solo work that was performed as both <em>Three Songs About Lenin</em> and <em>Two Songs About Lenin</em>.