Limón Dance Company is the legacy of Mexican modern dance pioneer José Limón, founder of Limón technique. His technique uses breath work and gravity to express emotion. Bet you didn’t know that one of the modern dance pioneers was originally from Mexico. 🇲🇽
Limón Dance Company in New York City
Aaron Davis Hall
Limón Dance Company brings modern dance to Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts in Hamilton Heights, West Harlem, Manhattan; on May 16-17, 2024 at 7pm. From $13. eventbrite.com
Past Venues
These are some of Limón’s recent Metropolitan New York City venues:
- 92nd Street Y, New York
- Aaron Davis Hall at City College Center for the Arts
- Bryant Park
- Joyce Theater
- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
- New York Live Arts
- Purchase College Performing Arts Center
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Limón Dance Company
José Limón is from Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He moved to the United States in 1918, and first started performing on Broadway in 1930. He was known for his emotional expression and later his Limón technique which uses breathing and the falling nature of gravity. It’s very natural movement.
He founded the Company in 1946 with Doris Humphrey, one of the second generation of modern dancers. She also worked with gravity. That made them a great creative pair. You can see it in the work.
One of the venues where Limón and several important modern dance companies got their start was the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side.
It’s worth noting that modern dance was a transition from the classical structure of ballet, to the free form of contemporary dance. Limón was an important part of that transition.
Like all choreographers, he turned stories from his Mexican heritage into modern dance mixed with European heritage traditions. The Company’s signature work is “The Moors Pavane” (1949), which is based on Shakespeare’s “Othello.”
José founded the José Limón Dance Foundation in 1968 to carry on its work. It manages the dance company and the Limón Institute.
Tickets
Tickets are usually sold through presenting theaters.
José Limón Dance Foundation
466 West 152nd St #2
(between Amsterdam and St. Nicholas)
Hamilton Heights, Upper Manhattan
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