The Moor’s Pavane

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The Moor’s Pavane

dance by Limón

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José Limón
His first major work, The Moor’s Pavane (1949; music by Henry Purcell), conveyed the jealousy, rage, and remorse of Shakespeare’s Othello within the framework of a stately court dance. Much of Limón’s choreography was developed from natural gesture and expressed, as he said, “human grandeur, dignity, and nobility” through…
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His first major work, The Moor’s Pavane (1949; music by Henry Purcell), conveyed the jealousy, rage, and remorse of Shakespeare’s Othello within the framework of a stately court dance. Much of Limón’s choreography was developed from natural gesture and expressed, as he said, “human grandeur, dignity, and nobility” through…
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