
Bio
Carla Maxwell (Artistic Director) joined the Limón Dance
Company in 1965. She soon became a principal dancer under
Limón's direction and, in 1975, Assistant Artistic Director under
Ruth Currier. Ms. Maxwell was appointed Artistic Director in
1978, and during her tenure, the Company has emerged as one
of the finest repertory dance ensembles in the world. She
received the 1995 Dance Magazine Award and a 1998 New York
Dance and Performance (Bessie) Award for ‘finding a creative
present in the context of a revered past, and thereby offering
choreographic opportunity to multiple generations of artists; for
inspired leadership and artistic accomplishment.’
Acclaimed as a brilliant dramatic dancer, she danced many major
roles with the Company, including the title role in Carlota,
Limón’s final ballet which he choreographed for her. Ms. Maxwell
is responsible for many of the Company's reconstructions of
Limón dances, and as a choreographer she has created works for
the Company and regional companies throughout the U.S. She
teaches internationally as both a representative of the Company
and a guest artist-in-residence.
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Week of: Apr 23, 2018 - Apr 29, 2018 |
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