“Since my dance is concerned with immediate human values, my basic technique lies in the natural movements of the human body.”
Doris Humphrey
Mission Statement
The Doris Humphrey Foundation for Dance, established in 2008, exists to foster, maintain, and promote Doris Humphrey’s artistic legacy as one of the pioneers of American Modern Dance. Through performance, recreation, preservation, and education the Foundation aims to extend the vitality of her technique and work, and to serve as a center of communication for all Humphrey related inquiries. The learning institute offers educational opportunities based on Humphrey’s philosophy, aesthetic, movement theories, technique, repertory, and pedagogical approach.
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The One and Only Charles
By Ernestine Stodelle, from ART TIMES, Jan/Feb 1998. “Throughout his life, Charles Weidman remained the visionary artist who would send out messages to the world around him, calling attention to the evils as well as the beauties of reality.”
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