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Author: Celeste Lanuza Publisher: ISBN: 9781339440507 Category : Languages : en Pages : 61
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This research focuses on the life and work of Jose Limon, (1908-1972), one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century modern concert dance. The way in which his Mexican and immigrant heritage influenced his unique contribution to American modern dance will be discussed in relation to three of his works: Danzas Mexicanas (1939), La Malinche (1949), and Missa Brevis (1948). As a dancer of Mexican heritage, I seek to better understand my artistic path and potential through this study of Jose Limon. The introduction includes a brief description of Jose Limon's personal and professional life, and my connection to it as a Latina dance artist. The first three chapters present analysis of three Limon choreographies selected because they exemplify his deeply rooted and personal invocations of Mexican culture and an introspective relationship to self-identity and community. The final chapter is a description of my thesis concert inspired by Jose Limon's life and work. The sources of information used in this work are books, academic articles, newspapers, archival documents, magazines, and photographs. This thesis includes interviews with artists who worked with Limon, danced in his company, and continue to dedicate their artistic endeavors to his work.
Author: Celeste Lanuza Publisher: ISBN: 9781339440507 Category : Languages : en Pages : 61
Book Description
This research focuses on the life and work of Jose Limon, (1908-1972), one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century modern concert dance. The way in which his Mexican and immigrant heritage influenced his unique contribution to American modern dance will be discussed in relation to three of his works: Danzas Mexicanas (1939), La Malinche (1949), and Missa Brevis (1948). As a dancer of Mexican heritage, I seek to better understand my artistic path and potential through this study of Jose Limon. The introduction includes a brief description of Jose Limon's personal and professional life, and my connection to it as a Latina dance artist. The first three chapters present analysis of three Limon choreographies selected because they exemplify his deeply rooted and personal invocations of Mexican culture and an introspective relationship to self-identity and community. The final chapter is a description of my thesis concert inspired by Jose Limon's life and work. The sources of information used in this work are books, academic articles, newspapers, archival documents, magazines, and photographs. This thesis includes interviews with artists who worked with Limon, danced in his company, and continue to dedicate their artistic endeavors to his work.
Author: June Dunbar Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136653414 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 172
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Jose Limn is universally recognized as one of the most important modern dancers of the 20th century. His technique is still taught at major colleges and dance schools; his dance company continues to revive his works, plus presents new works. His most famous work, The Moor's Pavanne, has been presented around the world by ballet and modern dance companies. This book presents a series of essays about Limn's life and works by noted scholars and dancers who were associated with Limn. It serves as a perfect introduction to his choreography and legacy. The book should appeal to fans of modern dance.
Author: Patricia Seed Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 0292752873 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 289
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José Limón (1908-1972) was one of the leading figures of modern dance in the twentieth century. Hailed by the New York Times as "the finest male dancer of his time" when the José Limón Dance Company debuted in 1947, Limón was also a renowned choreographer who won two Dance Magazine Awards and a Capezio Dance Award, two of dance's highest honors. In addition to directing his own dance company, Limón served as artistic director of the Lincoln Center's American Dance Theater and also taught choreography at the Juilliard School for many years. In this volume, scholars and artists from fields as diverse as dance history, art history, Mesoamerican ethnohistory, Mexican American studies, music studies, and Mexican history come together to explore one of José Limón's masterworks, the ballet La Malinche. Offering many points of entry into the dance, they examine La Malinche from various angles, such as Limón's life story and the influence of his Mexican heritage on his work, an analysis of the dance itself, the musical score composed by Norman Lloyd, the visual elements of props and costumes, the history and myth of La Malinche (the indigenous woman who served the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés as interpreter and mistress), La Malinche's continuing presence in Mexican American culture, and issues involved in a modern restaging of the dance. Also included in the book is a DVD written and directed by Patricia Harrington Delaney that presents the ballet in its entirety, accompanied by expert commentary that sets La Malinche within its artistic and historical context.
Author: Andrea Mantell Seidel Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 0786477954 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 271
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Part artistic study, part intimate memoir, this book illuminates the technique and repertory of American dancer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) and her enduring legacy from the perspective of an artist and scholar who has reconstructed and performed her work for 35 years. Providing an overview of modern activities and trends in the teaching and performance of Duncan's dance, the author describes her own work directing The Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble, the company that sought to implement Duncan's mission to create not a school of dance but "a school of life."
Author: Celeste Lanuza
Author: Celeste Lanuza
Author: June Dunbar
Author: Patricia Seed
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Author: Andrea Mantell Seidel
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