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Article: Rockport co. moves to Limon's legacy.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- July 23, 2004
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Byline: THEODORE BALE
When great choreographers pass away, often the dance companies they founded die with them. Not so for the Limon Dance Company, which has endured longer without the legendary Jose Limon than it did with him. One reason for that longevity, said artistic director Carla Maxwell, is Limon's enduring interest in humanism.
"There was always the idea that Limon's work was about people," Maxwell said by telephone from Rockport, where the company is in residence at the Windhover Center for the Performing Arts. "When Limon died in 1972, we were striving to manifest the creative potential that this medium could offer us, within a specific ...
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