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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Limón Dance Company

Apr 19 – May 1, 2022
175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011, USA

It can be so simple. Five women gowned and caped, walking, stopping, turning, dipping, leaning, a circle here, a backward arch there. Set to Bach’s “Air for the G String,” Doris Humphrey’s 1928 dance of the same name is monumental and almost nothing, mysterious and unforgettable. The Limón Dance Company, celebrating its 75th anniversary, performs the Humphrey on Program A during its season at the Joyce. The program also includes Limón’s 1942 dance to Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita No. 2 in D Minor—a marvelous pairing—and while Limón’s work has more dancers and a more complicated structure, it too is direct and abiding. Program A also presents Limón’s Psalm (1942) and a commissioned premiere from Olivier Tarpaga, called Only One Will Rise (2022). In the second week, Program B brings more Limón and another world premiere, Migrant Mother by Raúl Tamez. —Laura Jacobs

Photo: Kelly Puleio