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Limón Dance Company

Limón Dance Company at Purchase College

Limón Dance Company "Psalm" (Chistopher Jones/Limón)

Limón Dance Company is the legacy of modern dance pioneer, Mexican-born New Yorker, José Limón. Modern dance can be very geometric and cold, but there is a lively warmth to Limón's choreography. He was a master of falling, a master of gravity and emotional expression. That made him a master of floating, of flying like a feather on a breeze. This company is something to … [Read more...] about Limón Dance Company at Purchase College

Limón Dance Company 2018 at The Joyce

A scene from 'The Unsung' by José Limón. Courtesy Limón Dance Company / Joyce Theater.

José Limón José Limón (Mexican, 1908 - 1972) was born in Culiacán, Mexico, a city on Mexico’s west coast  just across the Gulf of California from Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Baja. He came to New York in 1928 to study design, but fell out of art into the New York dance world that spawned Modern Dance as we know it today. Limón performed a little on Broadway and quickly … [Read more...] about Limón Dance Company 2018 at The Joyce

Limón Dance Company’s first season of new artistic director Colin Connor

Limón Dance Company

Limón Dance Company is a legacy of Mexico-born modern dance pioneer José Limón. After working in NYC's 1930s dance scene, José Limón developed a company, a technique, and some famous choreographies. The best known is "The Moors Pavane." It is still performed my major dance companies today. Limón Dance Company carries on José's legacy. For information, visit … [Read more...] about Limón Dance Company’s first season of new artistic director Colin Connor

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