Recognition from student Souleymane Sy Savane

Souleymane Sy Savane (lead role in ‘Goodbye Solo,’ directed by Ramin Bahrani. The film won the International Critics’ Award  at the Venice Film Festival. Roger Ebert called Souleymane’s performance “a force of nature” and in the same year Souleymane was nominated for Best Breakthrough Performance by the Gotham Awards as well as an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.)

From an interview: “…In 2005 I started training in New York with this lady called Dr. Ruth Kulerman. I trained with her for about two years, and right after that I got ‘Goodbye Solo’…”

From Souleymane Sy Savane’s IMDB bio: He studied British technique under Dr. Ruth Kulerman in New York.