Humphrey-Weidman Company

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The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.

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Humphrey–Weidman Company 4
Humphrey-Weidman Company canonical 1

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instanceOf modern dance company ⓘ
performing arts organization ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
early 1940s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
artisticDirector Charles Weidman ⓘ
Doris Humphrey ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bennington School of the Dance ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved early 1940s ⓘ
field dance ⓘ
founder Charles Weidman ⓘ
Doris Humphrey ⓘ
genre modern dance ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn concert dance in the United States ⓘ
pedagogy of modern dance ⓘ
hasStyle abstract and dramatic modern dance ⓘ
inception 1928 ⓘ
influenced American modern dance repertory ⓘ
José Limón Dance Company ⓘ
knownFor fall and recovery technique ⓘ
thematic and socially conscious choreography ⓘ
use of gravity and balance in movement ⓘ
languageOfWork nonverbal movement ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
movement American modern dance ⓘ
notableMember Beatrice Seckler ⓘ
Eve Gentry ⓘ
José Limón ⓘ
Letitia Ide ⓘ
notableWork Fugue ⓘ
Lynchtown ⓘ
New Dance ⓘ
The Shakers ⓘ
Theatre Piece ⓘ
Water Study ⓘ
performedAt Bennington College summer dance festivals ⓘ

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Denishawn → influenced → Humphrey-Weidman Company ⓘ
Doris Humphrey → coFounded → Humphrey–Weidman Company ⓘ
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Charles Weidman → coFounded → Humphrey–Weidman Company ⓘ
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Humphrey–Weidman technique → associatedWith → Humphrey–Weidman Company ⓘ
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company
Charles Edward Weidman Jr. → coFounded → Humphrey–Weidman Company ⓘ
linked to: Humphrey-Weidman Company