Doris Humphrey Dance Company
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The Doris Humphrey Dance Company was a modern dance troupe founded by pioneering choreographer Doris Humphrey, known for advancing American modern dance through innovative works and performance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Doris Humphrey Dance Company canonical | 1 |
| Humphrey–Weidman dance company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23353144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Doris Humphrey Dance Company Context triple: [With My Red Fires, associatedWith, Doris Humphrey Dance Company]
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Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
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C.
Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
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Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative multimedia productions that integrate abstract movement with inventive lighting, costumes, and sound.
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José Limón Dance Company
The José Limón Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing José Limón’s expressive, humanistic choreographic style on stages worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Doris Humphrey Dance Company Target entity description: The Doris Humphrey Dance Company was a modern dance troupe founded by pioneering choreographer Doris Humphrey, known for advancing American modern dance through innovative works and performance.
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A.
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Martha Graham Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing Martha Graham’s revolutionary movement technique and emotionally expressive choreography.
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B.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Merce Cunningham Dance Company was an influential American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative choreography, experimental use of music and chance procedures, and collaborations with leading contemporary artists.
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C.
Judson Dance Theater
Judson Dance Theater was a pioneering 1960s collective of choreographers, dancers, and artists in New York City that radically redefined modern dance through experimental, interdisciplinary, and democratic approaches to movement.
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D.
Alwin Nikolais Dance Company
The Alwin Nikolais Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for its innovative multimedia productions that integrate abstract movement with inventive lighting, costumes, and sound.
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E.
José Limón Dance Company
The José Limón Dance Company is a pioneering American modern dance troupe renowned for advancing José Limón’s expressive, humanistic choreographic style on stages worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Doris Humphrey Dance Company