Dance Company Residency: Limón Dance Company at Stockton University Performing Arts Center

Join the Limón Dance Company for its 78th season, honoring the rich legacy of its founder. The season opens with Doris Humphrey’s solo, Two Ecstatic Themes, followed by Limón’s dramatic The Traitor. After 45 years, Limón’s drumming quartet Scherzo returns, alongside the powerful Missa Brevis. The season also features a world premiere by Kayla Farrish, reimagining two lost Limón works.

The Limón Dance Company has been at the vanguard of dance since its inception in 1946. The first dance group to tour internationally under the auspices of the State Department, and first modern dance company to perform at Lincoln Center in New York, it has performed twice at The White House. The José Limón Dance Foundation, with Company and Institute, is the recipient of a 2008 National Medal of the Arts. José Limón has a special place in American culture for a social awareness that transcended distinct groups to address how we all search for commonality. It is with this ethos that we continue to commission works by critically acclaimed and emerging international voices 50 years after Limón’s passing. His works continue to influence the evolution of the art form with their arresting visual clarity, theatricality, and rhythmic and musical life. www.limon.nyc