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'''Freda Rosen''' (September 7, 1945 – July 17, 2007) was an American playwright, director, political activist, life coach, social therapist and mentor to prominent choreographers including [[Bill T. Jones]], [[Arthur Aviles]] and Amy Pivar.<ref>Avilés, Arthur. [http://bronxdancecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/freeda_mag17.pdf "Letter from the Editor."] ''Bronx/Dance Magazine'' 17 (Fall 2006): 2.</ref> Her dance work collaborations with Amy Pivar through Amy Pivar Dances were frequently reviewed in the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''.<ref name=Communism>Kisselgoff, Anna. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/arts/review-dance-marking-communism-s-fall-with-a-confessional-style.html "Review/Dance; Marking Communism's Fall With a Confessional Style."] ''New York Times'' November 19, 1993. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref><ref name=Typist>Kisselgoff, Anna. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/22/arts/dance-review-stein-and-toklas-as-symbols-of-creative-partnership.html "Dance Review; Stein and Toklas as Symbols Of Creative Partnership."] ''New York Times'' November 22, 1994. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref><ref name=Women>Anderson, Jack. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/26/arts/dance-811530.html "Dance: When Women Onstage Compete with Real Women."] ''New York Times'' April 26, 1997. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref>
==Life==
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Born in the [[Bronx]] and a longtime resident of Manhattan's [[Upper West Side]], Freda Rosen was a political activist in the [[gay liberation]] and democracy movements in the 1970s and 1980s. She studied philosophy, psychology, history and politics; was a founding member of [[Social Therapy]]; and co-edited ''PRACTICE: The Journal of Politics, Psychology, Sociology & Culture'' (1984–1987). She built and led numerous community-based organizations and co-founded Amy Pivar Dances with choreographer Amy Pivar where she produced, directed and wrote several of their dance/theater projects.
==Psychotherapy practice==
Rosen’s crown achievement was her psychotherapy practice in [[New York City]] where she conducted group, individual and couples sessions for over 10 years. As a leader in social therapy on staff at the East Side Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy from 1984 to 1995, she conducted individual, group and couples therapy, and supervised affiliated Clinic Directors in creating and developing short term treatment models. During the 1980s she wrote a weekly syndicated column, "Sexually Speakin' and Otherwise;"<ref>Rosen, Freda. [http://lyndonlarouche.org/newmanwomen2.htm "Freda Rosen's Farewell Address."] ''Lyndon Larouche Watch''. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref> appeared on numerous radio and TV programs speaking on such topics and sex and intimacy; and led workshops on sexuality, women's issues, and lesbian and gay issues. She was among the earliest contributors to the creation and development of Social Therapy, the group oriented approach to reigniting emotional development.<ref>Rosen, Freda. "Historical Influences on Social Therapy." ''Practice'' 2.2 (1984): 15-22.</ref><ref>Holzman, Lois, and Hugh Polk, eds. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-is-the-cure-a-social-therapy-reader/oclc/24813954 History Is the Cure: A Social Therapy Reader.]'' New York: Practice Press, 1988.</ref>
Rosen’s practice focused on personal and professional development for nearly 15 years and included esteemed clients like MacArthur Genius award-winners Bill T. Jones (celebrated choreographer) and [[Majora Carter]] (Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx), as well as many community leaders, political organizers and artists like Academy Award Nominated filmmakers of ''[[Trouble the Water]]'', [[Tia Lessin]] and [[Carl Deal]], and choreographer Arthur Aviles and writer Charles Rice-González who co-founded BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.
==Political activism==
In the early 1970s Rosen became totally immersed in the movements of the time. She joined with other political activists to form Centers for Change (CFC), a collective of health, educational and political liberation centers organizing in poor and working class communities. The group began building new kinds of institutions: free schools, community-based health clinics and psychotherapy centers. This was the start of her career as a helping professional, and the beginning of her training as a Social Therapist.
Her work as an organizer of the Independent political movement from 1972 to 1995 included initiating the building of many community organizations such as the New York City Unemployed and Welfare Council, the Clinton Union of Community Woman, and the NYC Union of Lesbians and Gay Men. She also served as National Coordinator of the Coalition of Grassroots Women from 1981 to 1984 and ran for [[New York State Assembly]] in 1988.
==Dance==
In 1990, Rosen co-founded Amy Pivar Dances, a contemporary dance theater company that performed works created in collaboration with Amy Pivar, a Bessie Award winner.<ref>Daly, Ann. "When Dancers Move on to Make Dances", ''Critical Gestures: Writings on Dance and Culture''. Wesleyan University Press, 2002. p. 66.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> Together they created eight critically acclaimed evening-length dance-theater works and numerous shorter works that dealt with a broad range of social and gender issues, with such titles as "Requiem for Communism,"<ref name=Communism/> "The Modern Typist",<ref name=Typist/> and "Ecstasy of Communication" (based on the writings of Jean Baudrillard).{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
==Death==
Rosen was diagnosed with lung cancer but continued her practice up until shortly before her death at age 62 in 2007.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.centerforchange.com/ Center for Change]
*[http://www.eastsideinstitute.org/ East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy]
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'''Freda Rosen''' (September 7, 1945 – July 17, 2007) was an American playwright, director, political activist, life coach, social therapist and mentor to prominent choreographers including [[Bill T. Jones]], [[Arthur Aviles]] and Amy Pivar.<ref>Avilés, Arthur. [http://bronxdancecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/freeda_mag17.pdf "Letter from the Editor."] ''Bronx/Dance Magazine'' 17 (Fall 2006): 2.</ref> Her dance work collaborations with Amy Pivar through Amy Pivar Dances were frequently reviewed in the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''.<ref name=Communism>Kisselgoff, Anna. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/arts/review-dance-marking-communism-s-fall-with-a-confessional-style.html "Review/Dance; Marking Communism's Fall With a Confessional Style."] ''New York Times'' November 19, 1993. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref><ref name=Typist>Kisselgoff, Anna. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/22/arts/dance-review-stein-and-toklas-as-symbols-of-creative-partnership.html "Dance Review; Stein and Toklas as Symbols Of Creative Partnership."] ''New York Times'' November 22, 1994. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref><ref name=Women>Anderson, Jack. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/26/arts/dance-811530.html "Dance: When Women Onstage Compete with Real Women."] ''New York Times'' April 26, 1997. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref>
==Life==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2018}}
Born in the [[Bronx]] and a longtime resident of Manhattan's [[Upper West Side]], Freda Rosen was a political activist in the [[gay liberation]] and democracy movements in the 1970s and 1980s. She studied philosophy, psychology, history and politics; was a founding member of [[Social Therapy]]; and co-edited ''PRACTICE: The Journal of Politics, Psychology, Sociology & Culture'' (1984–1987). She built and led numerous community-based organizations and co-founded Amy Pivar Dances with choreographer Amy Pivar where she produced, directed and wrote several of their dance/theater projects.
==Psychotherapy practice==
Rosen’s crown achievement was her psychotherapy practice in [[New York City]] where she conducted group, individual and couples sessions for over 10 years. As a leader in social therapy on staff at the East Side Institute for Short Term Psychotherapy from 1984 to 1995, she conducted individual, group and couples therapy, and supervised affiliated Clinic Directors in creating and developing short term treatment models. During the 1980s she wrote a weekly syndicated column, "Sexually Speakin' and Otherwise;"<ref>Rosen, Freda. [http://lyndonlarouche.org/newmanwomen2.htm "Freda Rosen's Farewell Address."] ''Lyndon Larouche Watch''. Retrieved March 4, 2013.</ref> appeared on numerous radio and TV programs speaking on such topics and sex and intimacy; and led workshops on sexuality, women's issues, and lesbian and gay issues. She was among the earliest contributors to the creation and development of Social Therapy, the group oriented approach to reigniting emotional development.<ref>Rosen, Freda. "Historical Influences on Social Therapy." ''Practice'' 2.2 (1984): 15-22.</ref><ref>Holzman, Lois, and Hugh Polk, eds. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/history-is-the-cure-a-social-therapy-reader/oclc/24813954 History Is the Cure: A Social Therapy Reader.]'' New York: Practice Press, 1988.</ref>
Rosen’s practice focused on personal and professional development for nearly 15 years and included esteemed clients like MacArthur Genius award-winners Bill T. Jones (celebrated choreographer) and [[Majora Carter]] (Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx), as well as many community leaders, political organizers and artists like Academy Award Nominated filmmakers of ''[[Trouble the Water]]'', [[Tia Lessin]] and [[Carl Deal]], and choreographer Arthur Aviles and writer Charles Rice-González who co-founded BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.
==Political activism==
In the early 1970s Rosen became totally immersed in the movements of the time. She joined with other political activists to form Centers for Change (CFC), a collective of health, educational and political liberation centers organizing in poor and working class communities. The group began building new kinds of institutions: free schools, community-based health clinics and psychotherapy centers. This was the start of her career as a helping professional, and the beginning of her training as a Social Therapist.
Her work as an organizer of the Independent political movement from 1972 to 1995 included initiating the building of many community organizations such as the New York City Unemployed and Welfare Council, the Clinton Union of Community Woman, and the NYC Union of Lesbians and Gay Men. She also served as National Coordinator of the Coalition of Grassroots Women from 1981 to 1984 and ran for [[New York State Assembly]] in 1988.
==Dance==
In 1990, Rosen co-founded Amy Pivar Dances, a contemporary dance theater company that performed works created in collaboration with Amy Pivar, a Bessie Award winner.<ref>Daly, Ann. "When Dancers Move on to Make Dances", ''Critical Gestures: Writings on Dance and Culture''. Wesleyan University Press, 2002. p. 66.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref> Together they created eight critically acclaimed evening-length dance-theater works and numerous shorter works that dealt with a broad range of social and gender issues, with such titles as "Requiem for Communism,"<ref name=Communism/> "The Modern Typist",<ref name=Typist/> and "Ecstasy of Communication" (based on the writings of Jean Baudrillard).{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
==Death==
Rosen was diagnosed with lung cancer but continued her practice up until shortly before her death at age 62 in 2007.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.centerforchange.com/ Center for Change]
*[http://www.eastsideinstitute.org/ East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy]
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[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Life coaches]]
[[Category:American dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:American activists]]
[[Category:Writers from New York City]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]]
[[Category:Place of death missing]]
[[Category:People from Manhattan]]
