Jose Limon Biography

The dance as the art of Jose Lemon Mexican dancer and choreographer Jose Lemon is a world recognized as an important figure in the American motion of modern dance in the years. Jose Lemon, who is considered one of the pioneers of modern dance, immigrated in childhood with his family in the United States. The boy grew up in Los Angeles, California, but only having moved to New York in the year Lemon directly recognized the world of modern dance.

He devoted a lot of time to dance training and became a major performer and choreographer, and eventually founded his own dance troupe in the year. His father Florenceo Lemon was a musician and conductor. His mother Francis was the daughter of a school teacher. Lemon was the oldest of eleven children, four of whom died in infancy. When the Mexican Revolution of the Year erupted, the Lemon family of security for security has left Kuliacan and lived in other cities for several years, including in Ermosillo and Nogales.

They later moved to Los Angeles. Jose Lemon Education and the beginning of dance training Jose Lemon graduated from a secondary school in Lincoln in Los Angeles in the year and entered the University of California in Los Angeles to study art. In the year, he threw his studies and moved to New York. In New York, Lemon was present at the dance performance of Harald Kreutsberg and Yvonna Georgy, who shocked him to the depths of his soul, after which he wanted to become a dancer and began to study a new craft.

He studied with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman in the Humphri-Wideman studio, and then began to professionally perform with this troupe. Jose Lemon Dance career in the X, in addition to performances in the Humphri-Wideman society, in the year, Lemon also danced in a number of Broadway productions, including in the musical roar of Americana and the musical of As Thousands Cheer to the music of Irving Berlin in the years, respectively.

In years, Limon also developed his skills of choreographer. In the year, he created his first major job - Danzas Mexicanas. He also taught dancing in six colleges across the country. In the year, Lemon left the Humphri-Wideman troupe to start a solo career as a dancer and choreographer. In October of the same year, he married Polina Lawrence, whom he first met when she worked in the Humphri-Weidman troupe.

The post -war career in March of the year Lemon was drafted into the United States Army. First, he served as the driver of the truck in the building of the quartermaster, then he was transferred to the special services department, where he led contests and dance performances. The lemon was demobilized at the end of the year and became a citizen of the United States in the year.

In the year, he founded his own dance troupe in New York, hiring Doris Humphrey as an artistic director. He continued to put choreography for himself and his troupe. The most famous work of the lemon of those years is the Pavilion Moore of the year - the dance inspired by Shakespeare's Othello. Other important works were the “traitor” and “Emperor Jones” in the year Lemon began working with the Julian school in New York, where he eventually taught the rest of his life.

Jose Lemon Awards and differences, Jose Limon's Dance Limon Dance Company, was the first dance troupe to go abroad for a cultural mission under the auspices of the State United States Department when the troupe was sent to South America for performances in the year. Lemon received such awards as the “Dance Journal Award”, “Cage Dance Prize” and four honorary doctoral degrees. Death and heritage Lemon put choreography until the end of his life, creating at least one new play every year.

Its last composition is Carlota, whose premiere took place in the year. Lemon died of cancer on December 2 in Flemingon, New Jersey. Its dance troupe continues to flourish and is part of the Jose Lemon Dance Fund, a larger education that controls the legacy of lemon and perpetuates its teaching methods.