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[Photographs of José Limón]

Title: [Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.
Publication: [199-?]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-8177	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (55 min.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Unedited footage recorded for the documentary Limón: a life beyond words. Items from the collection of the José Limón Dance Foundation. Most of the footage depicts black-and-white still photographs, occasionally with camera movement. Dancer-choreographer José Limón is seen at different times of his life: in portraits; views of performances, rehearsals, and tours; and scenes from private life. There are also photographs in which he does not appear, portraying his family, members of his dance company, and other associates. Leaves from a family album, labeled by hand, depict him as a teenager and young man (often identified as "Pepe," his nickname). Also included in the footage are a page from a notebook, with stick figures illustrating movement descriptions; a color design for his dance work Tonantzintla, created in Mexico in 1951; an advertisement for his company; newspaper obituaries; a 1928 poster for Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman's dance classes; and a color painting of Christ wearing the crown of thorns.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ann Vachon, Dance Conduit/Antidote Films.

Series Statement

Limón: a life beyond words

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8177

OCLC

NYPY05-F10136

Title

[Photographs of José Limón] [videorecording] / Dance Conduit/Antidote Films ; directed by Malachi Roth ; produced by Ann Vachon and Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Imprint

[199-?]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Limón: a life beyond words

Performer

Appearing in photographs: José Limón, his parents and siblings; his wife Pauline Lawrence Limón; Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and members of the Humphrey-Weidman Company; members of the José Limón Dance Company, among them Ruth Currier, Lucas Hoving, Betty Jones, Pauline Koner, and others.

Added Author

Roth, Malachi. Director

Vachon, Ann. Producer

Levy-Hinte, Jeff. Producer

José Limón Dance Foundation.

Dance Conduit (Company)

Antidote Films (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-8177

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