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Jose Limon

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ActorChoreographer 1908–1972 On stage 19301942

José Arcadio Limón (January 12, 1908 – December 2, 1972) was a dancer and choreographer from Mexico and who developed what is now known as 'Limón technique'. In the 1940s, he founded the José Limón Dance Company (now the Limón Dance Company), and in 1968 he created the José Limón Foundation to carry on his work. In his choreography, Limón spoke to the complexities of human life as experienced through the body. His dances feature large, visceral gestures — reaching, bending, pulling, grasping — to communicate emotion. Inspired in part by his teacher Doris Humphrey's and Charles Weidman's theories about the importance of body weight and dynamics, his own Limón technique emphasizes the rhythms…

On stage 5 productions, 12 years

1930 Lysistrata 44th Street Theatre · Revival · directed by Doris Humphrey 252 perf.
1933 As Thousands Cheer Music Box · Original · directed by Hassard Short 400 perf.
1933 Candide Booth Theatre · Original 8 perf.
1940 Keep Off the Grass Broadhurst Theatre · Original · directed by Fred De Cordova 44 perf.
1942 Rosalinda 44th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Felix Brentano 611 perf.

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Worked with more than once3 names

William Matons 2 productions
Letitia Ide 2 productions
John Glenn 2 productions

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Roberta

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  • In his first visit to Broadway after The Wizard of Oz, Bolger was one of a half-dozen stars (also including Jimmy Durante and Jose Limon) clustered by producers Lee and J. J. Shubert in Keep Off the Grass (1940), an unpromising title for a revue that turned out to be fairly thin soup. Choreographer George Balanchine gave Bolger a comic tu…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • Intensive 2 months’ course in ACTING—DANCING—PRODUCTION 1939 Staff Includes Doris Humph Ch arlotte phrey Per Charles Weidman Barney Soul Jose Limon Harriette Anne Graytheatre-pdfs/sim_theatre-arts_1939-05_23_5.txt

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