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Join us for an inside look at the creation of a monumental dance event, a new reimagining of José Limón’s 1949 dance masterpiece, "The Moor's Pavane".
Renowned contemporary choreographer Akram Khan is reenvisioning José Limón’s 1949 choreographic masterpiece, The Moor's Pavane. Developed in part during their Works & Process residency at The Campus at Marlboro Music, this informal showcase offers a rare glimpse into the creative process before the work’s global premiere.
This collaboration marks the largest choreographic commission in the Limón Dance Company’s 80-year history. By filtering the Shakespearean tragedy of Othello through a modern lens, The Moor's Pavane Reimagined explores enduring and visceral themes of deceit, power, and jealousy, while drawing profound parallels between the lived experiences of both Limón and Khan as immigrant artists.
Marlboro, VT
January 16, 2027
*Open Rehearsal* - Marlboro Music
Photo by Allison Armfield
More Announcements Coming Soon
The program highlights the best of the classic and the new. Limón’s World War II-inspired Missa Brevis (1958) will feature the Northrop pipe organ, University Singers and University of Minnesota dance program students. The world premiere of a Northrop Centennial Commission reimagines Limón’s masterpiece The Moor's Pavane (1949), by international choreographer Akram Khan.
The highly anticipated new work brings together the vision of celebrated choreographer Akram Khan with the voices of creative collaborators Aditya Prakash (composer) and Zeynep Kepekli (lighting designer). This one-act version marks the company’s second Centennial Commission — Limón’s largest choreographic commission to date — as well as Khan’s first new creation for an American dance company.
Photo by Camilla Greenwell
Minneapolis, MN
January 30, 2027 @ 7:30pm
WORLD PREMIERE
Northrop at the University of Minneapolis
As part of its 80th anniversary celebration, the Limón Dance Company has embarked on its largest choreographic commission to date, inviting internationally recognized choreographer Akram Khan to reimagine José Limón’s choreographic masterpiece The Moor’s Pavane. Like Limón, Khan has a track record of creating generation-defining works of art by reimagining classic works through a contemporary lens. This project provides the opportunity for Khan and Limón to be in conversation with one another across decades and generations.
Culminating a Works & Process residency at The Campus at Marlboro Music, New York City audiences have a unique opportunity to witness Khan’s creative process during a special open rehearsal and panel discussion moderated by Limón Dance Company artistic director Dante Puleio and Kristen Brogdon, director of artistic and community programs at Northrop at the University of Minnesota.
Photo by Allison Armfield
New York, NY
January 18, 2027
*Open Rehearsal* - Works & Process at Guggenheim New York
One of the most influential modern dance companies in the world, the Limón Dance Company has been telling stories through the art of movement for nearly 80 years. Celebrated for its dramatic expression, technical precision, and richly nuanced movement, the company continues to showcase the enduring legacy of dancer and choreographer José Limón. Its famed repertory, which includes classic works in addition to new collaborations with contemporary choreographers, has an unparalleled breadth, creating unique experiences for audiences around the globe.
Photo by Allison Armfield
Austin, TX
March 24, 2027 @ 7:30pm
Texas Performing Arts Center
The Limón Dance Company is celebrating 80 years of history while boldly visioning a transformative future. Their Quick Center program will include a reinterpretation of Limon’s Mazurkas under the direction of artistic director Dante Puleio, and a new work from choreographer Akram Khan inspired by Limon’s critically acclaimed The Moor’s Pavane. Based on Shakespeare’s Othello, The Moor’s Pavane is a picture of the corrosive force of jealousy and the destruction of good by evil.
Mexican-born Limón was a pioneering force of the 20th century, establishing the first modern dance repertory company in the United States. His choreography holds a special place in American culture for its social awareness, exploring the common threads that connect us across communities.
Photo by Kelly Puleio
Fairfield, CT
February 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm
Quick Center for the Arts
Witness a conversation across decades and generations with the return of Limón Dance Company to Boston. The company brings us an essential José Limón classic—Mazurkas, set to music of Chopin—and marks its 80th anniversary season with a new creation by Akram Khan that reimagines Limón’s indelible The Moor’s Pavane. Through Limón and Khan’s shared histories as storytellers of the immigrant experience, don’t miss this retelling of Othello for today’s dancers, today’s outsiders, today’s world.
Photo by Allison Armfield
Boston,MA
February 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm
February 13, 2027 @ 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Vivo Performing Arts
Connecticut College is presenting The Limón Dance Company at a powerful moment of historical and artistic resonance. The company will perform José Limón’s Mazurkas (a tribute to Poland’s heroic post-WWII revival) and a reimagining of Limón’s signature work, The Moor’s Pavane (based on Shakespeare's Othello). Limón premiered Pavane in Palmer Auditorium in 1949 when the American Dance Festival was in residence on Connecticut College’s campus; the re-envisioned choreography by Akram Khan is not simply an update—it is a homecoming and a renewal, bringing the work back to its historic roots while witnessing its contemporary evolution.
