Doris Humphrey: A Centennial Celebration - Gala Performances.(LaGuardia High School, New York, NY)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: February 1, 1996| Author: Garafola, Lynn | Copyright information

Doris Humphrey: A Centennial Celebration can only be regarded as a mixed opportunity. With its many lackluster performances and questionable artistic choices, it did little to confirm Humphrey's place in the history of modern dance. If anything, the two gala performances that made up the program conveyed the mistaken impression that her legacy consists of only a handful of works, not all of the highest caliber.

Humphrey's claim to historical importance rests on the monument...

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