Acclaimed for its exquisite choreography and dramatic expression, technical brilliance, and expansive, yet nuanced humanity, the iconic Limon Dance Company returns to Nazareth College next month.
Nazareth College’s Visual and Performing Arts’ 2022/2023 Changemakers Series presents An Evening with the Limon Dance Company, in a program that includes choreography by company founder Jose Limon and co-founder Doris Humphrey. The company takes the Callahan Theater stage at the Nazareth College Arts Center Complex on Saturday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m.
The audience is invited to attend a pre-performance talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Peace Theater (room A14) in the Arts Center’s lower level, featuring Dante Puleio, Limon Dance Company’s artistic director, a former member of the company for more than a decade.
The company’s repertory includes classic works in addition to new commissions from contemporary choreographers. Under Puleio’s direction, the company concentrates on perpetuating, preserving, and celebrating Jose Limon’s historical legacy, and reimagining his intention and vision to reflect the rapidly shifting 21st century landscape.
“Performing with luscious spontaneity” (The New York Times), the company performs Limon’s “Chaconne,” “Psalm,” and “A Choreographic Offering,” and co-founder Doris Humphrey’s ageless “Air for the G String” when it comes to Nazareth College.
Reserved seated tickets are $10 to $45 and are available online at www2.naz.edu/artscenter/tickets/ or through the Arts Center box office at boxoffice@naz.edu or 585-389-2170. Nazareth College students are admitted free of charge. There are also $5 tickets available to other college students with ID.
The performance is presented in cooperation with Nazareth College’s Theatre and Dance Department where the company will be in residence on January 20 and 21. An open rehearsal for Nazareth College dance students at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, and a free, open to the public master class on the Limon dance technique at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, will be offered in the dance studio in George Hall on the Nazareth College campus.
There will also be a lecture/demonstration at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Callahan Theater that is open to the public. It will feature selections of their historic and recently reconstructed “Danzas Mexicanas,” along with the new 2022 Bessie Award-nominated work, “Migrant Mother,” choreographed by Raul Tamez. Those tickets are $10; $5 each for dance schools and groups of six or more.
“Nazareth Dance Program is excited to welcome one of the most historically significant and currently relevant dance companies in the world to the Arts Center stage,” noted Heather Roffe, Nazareth College Dance Program Director.
Kevin Schoonover, Nazareth’s Arts Center Managing Director added, “This is a rare and unique opportunity for Rochesterians to experience some of the finest dance currently being produced. The artistry and precision of this company is going to astound all who see it.”
More information about the Nazareth College Arts Center and its programs can be found at https://www2.naz.edu/arts-center/.
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