Litz, Katharine (c. 1918–1978)

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Litz, Katharine (c. 1918–1978)

American modern dancer. Born c. 1918 in Denver, CO; died Dec 19, 1978, in New York, NY; trained with Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman.

Performed and created numerous roles for Humphrey/Weidman including for Humphrey's New Dance (1935), Theater Piece (1936), and With My Red Fires (1936), and Weidman's Opus 51 (1938) and Flickers (1941); performed on Broadway in Oklahoma (1943) and Carousel (1945); began choreographing own works, with 1st public performance at 92nd Street Y (c. 1948). Choreographed works include Impressions of Things Past (1948), Fire in the Snow (1949), That's Out of Season (1951), The Lure (1954), Transitions (1961), (with Paul Taylor) Poetry in Motion (1963), Sell Out (1964), In the Park (1973), They All Came Home Save One Because She Never Left (1974).