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Dance is about emotions and ideas, and this
approach to movement drives the Company’s activities beyond
the performance space. When on tour, the Company conducts a variety
of programs: master classes offer students opportunities to learn
from artists who are immersed in the Limón style and repertory;
workshops, lectures, and pre- and post-performance talks educate
participants in Limón history and tradition and build a deeper
understanding of the Company’s work.
Limón4Kids
Limón4Kids is the newest Arts and Education program to introduce middle-school youth in largely Hispanic neighborhoods in New York City schools to modern dance and to modern dance pioneer José Limón. The program will focus on the goals of dance-making, dance technique, dance literacy, and performing. The inspiration and content of the program will be José Limón's piece “La Malinche”.
 Limón's personal story will introduce the students to such concepts as heritage, community, identity and communication. The movement classes are used as a tool to help students develop movement language skills, thread through both an artist's and their own imaginary world. Students create their own dance in relationship to the story, and have the opportunity to perform their work for their friends at the final assembly. The students then watched the Limón Dance Company perform the full work “La Malinche”. Support for the pilot program is generously provided by the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, Mex- Am Foundation and the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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Missa Brevis Project
José Limón's master work, Missa Brevis, is a large-scale work depicting an indomitable humanity rising up after near-destruction. This stirring work is choreographed for a large cast of dancers and set to a musical score which includes full choir and organ. This project provides the opportunity for the to Limón Dance Company to partner with communities to perform the work. In advance of the tour, a Company member or master teacher teaches the piece to professional
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or advanced dancers in the community. In addition, Limón collaborates with local choirs to perform the music live. While in residence in the community, workshops open to the public include lectures on Missa Brevis or the life of José Limón, lecture-demonstrations, film screenings, master classes and workshops.
Performances of Missa Brevis are a true collaboration between the Limón Dance Company and the local community, exposing Limón's work and modern dance to a new and broader audience.
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