Lester Horton information

Lester Iradell Horton (January 23, 1906 – November 2, 1953) was an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Lester Iradell Horton was born in Indianapolis...

Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Katherine Dunham, Charles Weidman, and Lester Horton sought to develop distinctively American movement styles and vocabularies...

friend Carmen De Lavallade dragged him to the Melrose Avenue studio of Lester Horton and he began exploring modern dance. Ailey studied a wide range of dance...

California, on October 12, 1946. As a young adult, she studied at the Lester Horton School of Modern Dance. She also studied with dancers Bella Lewitzsky...

and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton, and Paul Taylor. Graham technique is based on the opposition between...

Nominated Drama-Logue Awards Outstanding Choreography 1973 — Nominated Lester Horton Awards Lifetime Achievement 1980 — Won Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding...

Golden Rendezvous (1977) as Charles Conway Covert Action (1978) as Lester Horton Inchon (1981) as David Feld (scenes deleted after premiere; final film...

awarded a scholarship to study dance with Lester Horton. De Lavallade became a member of the Lester Horton Dance Theater in 1949 where she danced as a...

Russes, before joining the Lester Horton company in 1934. As a student, and later an integral collaborator, of the Horton company, Lewitzky was closely...

brother-in-law of jazz flautist and saxophonist Curtis Amy. After seeing Lester Horton and the modern dancers, "Zapata", he was enthralled by the conga player...

Phil Rizzuto. She attended Los Angeles City College and was one of the Lester Horton Dancers in the 1950s. Goldoni began her screen career as a child in...

in 1953, under the title White Savage Woman. It was choreographed by Lester Horton. Princess Tahia (Montez) is the ruler of the tropical Temple Island...

clothes did to the rest of the body." He also designed freelance but left Lester Horton in 1948 and became a fabric salesman for Hoffman Company. Gernreich...

American-designed production, in 1937, was that of the modern dance exponent Lester Horton, whose version replaced the original pagan Russian setting with a Wild...

Morgen (2021). "Finding Aid: Larry Warren Collection on Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton" (PDF). Music Division, Library of Congress. "National Museum of Dance...

The Colors Trilogy (2020 -21) He was nominated for the prestigious Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Composing Music for Creation...

Marjorie Lord. This was Mann's second film as director. Choreography by Lester Horton. Baseball star Johnny "Whizzer" Norton has been suspended by manager...

school in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles in 1940 while Lester Horton created the Horton Dance Group in 1934, also in Los Angeles. Ann Halprin founded...

Primus Dance Language Institute. Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) studied under Lester Horton, Bella Lewitzky, and later Martha Graham. He spent several years working...

Soccer player, Olympic gold medalist, 2015 Women's World Cup champion Lester Horton (1906–1953), dancer and choreographer Tommy Hunter (1986– ), Major League...

center for African-American modern dance. Alvin Ailey, a student of Lester Horton (and later Martha Graham), spent several years working in both concert...

and universities around the country. The show was nominated for five Lester Horton Awards, the 8th Annual Ticket Holder Award: runner up for best new play...

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(also known as the "Bessie" Award) for Sustained Achievement 2003 - Lester Horton Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Dance Resource Center of...