Jose Limon and La Malinche : the dancer and the dance / edited by Patricia Seed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Seed, Patricia.

Series:

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.

Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Limón, José.

Malinche (Choreographic work : Limon).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

José Limón (1908-1972) was one of the leading figures of modern dance in the twentieth century. Hailed by the New York Times as "the finest male dancer of his time" when the José Limón Dance Company debuted in 1947, Limón was also a renowned choreographer who won two Dance Magazine Awards and a Capezio Dance Award, two of dance's highest honors. In addition to directing his own dance company, Limón served as artistic director of the Lincoln Center's American Dance Theater and also taught choreography at the Juilliard School for many years. In this volume, scholars and artists from fields as diverse as dance history, art history, Mesoamerican ethnohistory, Mexican American studies, music studies, and Mexican history come together to explore one of José Limón's masterworks, the ballet La Malinche. Offering many points of entry into the dance, they examine La Malinche from various angles, such as Limón's life story and the influence of his Mexican heritage on his work, an analysis of the dance itself, the musical score composed by Norman Lloyd, the visual elements of props and costumes, the history and myth of La Malinche (the indigenous woman who served the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés as interpreter and mistress), La Malinche's continuing presence in Mexican American culture, and issues involved in a modern restaging of the dance. Also included in the book is a DVD written and directed by Patricia Harrington Delaney that presents the ballet in its entirety, accompanied by expert commentary that sets La Malinche within its artistic and historical context.

Contents:

Introduction: Jose Limon and La Malinche / Patricia Seed

Chapter 1. La Malinche: The Inspiration for the Dance / Shelley C. Berg

Chapter 2. Jose Limon 's La Malinche / Patty Harrington Delaney

Chapter 3. The Music: Interview with David LaMarche, Musical Director, Limon Company and American Ballet Theater / Patty Harrington Delaney and David LaMarche

Chapter 4. Visual Communication: Props and Costumes / Carol Maturo

Chapter 5. Marina, Malinche, Malintzin: Nahua Women and the Spanish Conquest / Susan Kellogg

Chapter 6. Malinche in Cross-Border Historical Memory / Sonia Hernandez

Chapter 7. Jose Limon and La Malinche in Mexico: A Chicano Artist Returns Home / Margarita Tortajada Quiroz

Chapter 8. The Director: Thoughts on Staging Jose Limon 'sLa Malinche / Sarah Stackhouse.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-182) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79446-0

OCLC:

646760620