The Mestizo as Ambassador:
JOSE LIMON and the Transculturation of American Modern Dance
Running October 27, 2021 - March 5, 2022
At New York City Public Library for the Performing Arts
Note: Limón Dance Company will showcase at APAP 2022. Venue and time TBA.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Limón Dance Company, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center has mounted The Mestizo as Ambassador: José Limón and the Transculturation of American Modern Dance, a new installation that celebrates Mexican American dancer and choreographer José Limón, one of the most prolific exponents of modern dance in the 20th century. While American modern dance was perceived in Limón’s lifetime as universal and individual with no debt to any particular culture, recent dance scholarship has revealed the depth of the contributions of artists from African, Asian, Indigenous, and Latinx communities to the foundations of modern dance. This exhibition explores how Limón’s choreography grapples with humanistic themes that extend beyond borders and identity through his own mestizo cultural lens, underlining the importance of the immigrant voice in the development of the ultimate “American” art form, modern dance.
Choreography by José Limón in LDC Active Repertoire in 2022
There Is a Time
Music by Norman Dello Joyo
Psalm
Music by Eugene Lester
Missa Brevis
Music by Zoltán Kodály
