Humphrey-Limón technique
Doris Humphrey based her approach on fall and recovery, the loss and regaining of balance, which she called the arc between two deaths, and on natural breathing rhythms. In 1928 she left the Denishawn school with Charles Weidman and founded the Humphrey-Weidman school and company in New York; she disbanded both in the 1940s.
Her student José Limón, born in Mexico in 1908, founded his own company in 1946 and invited Humphrey to direct it. Limón technique builds on her ideas, stressing falling and recovering balance, weight and good breathing. The Limón Dance Company and Institute in New York continue to perform his repertory, including The Moor's Pavane (1949), and to teach the technique.
Sources
- Doris Humphrey - Wikipedia
- José Limón - Wikipedia
- Humphrey-Weidman - Wikipedia
- Limón Dance Company - About the Company
- José Limón Dance Foundation - Purpose
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