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Concert dancer and choreographer José Limón came to the United States from Mexico in 1915 and began his long career on Broadway in 1928, notably as a leading dancer in the Doris Humphrey–Charles Weidman Company. Like Humphrey and Martha Graham, Limón advocated developing an indigenous American dance, a vision he later pursued with his own company, which he formed in 1946. His first major work, The Moor’s Pavane, was hailed as “a magnificent piece of dance theater” and won the 1950 Dance Magazine award for achievement in choreography. His later works experimented with abstract themes and sound.