Jose Limon
By: Ivan Dwyer
Jose Limons Life History
- Jose Limon was born on January 12, 1908.
- The Mexican Revolution caused the Limon family to move from Mexico to California.
- Jose Limon went to Los Angeles Lincoln High School and went to the University of California Los Angeles to study art.
- Limon performed with the Humphrey Weidman Company and also performed in the Broadway performances Americana and As Thousands Cheer.
- Limon became part of the US army on March 1943.
- Limon began to work with Juilliard School in New York where he teached for the rest of his life until retiring.
- Jose Limon died on December 2, 1972
Jose Limons Choreography.
- Some of his choreography would consist of putting weight into some body part.
- His form of Modern made it look like things rolling up and down.
- Also most of his choreography was based on a story or stage play.
Modern Dance
Modern dance was created by ballet dancers who felt they were trapped in a box when dancing so they (one is Jose Limon) created a new type of dance, that people began to call, modern.
Sources
http://www.danceheritage.org/limon.html
http://www.biography.com/people/jos%C3%A9-lim%C3%B3n-40247#early-years-and-emigration-
http://www.contemporary-dance.org/jose-limon.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/341535/Jose-Limon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwI8vnDyo4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KBNzcqiSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KBNzcqiSk
http://www.dorishumphrey.org/the-early-years/
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/modern-dance.html