Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Past in Present

More than half a century after they were created, two Limón Dance Company works grace the Flynn stage. While no longer “modern” in every sense of the word, each choreographed classic helped shape American modern dance as we know it. Think of it as a rare blast from the past and a primer to the genre. The troupe, founded in 1946 by dance pioneer José Limón, illustrates its signature technical precision and dramatic expression in Limón’s 1956 There Is a Time and Anna Sokolow’s 1955 Rooms. The first, through flowing twirls and circular patterns, explores the passage of time and oneness; the second emphasizes human isolation through “movements that are austere, yet seemed wrenched from the performers’ hearts,” writes the Village Voice. Nothing old-fashioned about that.