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	Charles Weidman - Moviefone
		Portrait of Charles Weidman by Carl Van Vechten, Dec. 4, 1933 · Enlarge.
		Portrait of Charles Weidman by Carl Van Vechten, Dec. 4, 1933...
		Weidman, Charles (born July 22, 1901, Lincoln, Neb., US-died July 15, 1975, New York, NY) US modern dancer, teacher, and choreographer.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/charles-weidman/75255/main (101 words)

	Nebraska Helps Put Weidman Back On the Map - University of Nebraska to mark Charles Weidman centennial Dance Magazine - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Here in Charles Weidman's hometown, don't expect to see a plaque marking the spot where the modem-dance pioneer was born 100 years ago.
		Those speculations include the fact that Weidman spent most of the 1950s working in California, while most major dance critics still were clustered in New York City; side-taking among supporters after the breakup of the Humphrey-Weidman company; or simply the fact that neither Humphrey nor Weidman was an avid self-promoter.
		"The technique, Humphrey or Weidman, is not really taught in the colleges," she said, "whereas Graham technique was fostered throughout colleges--so no matter where you had gone across the country, you knew of Martha Graham and her dance technique, and whoever was teaching would bring in the historical context.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_10_75/ai_78681556 (802 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Weidman, Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Weidman, Charles 1901-75, American modern dancer and choreographer, b.
		Lincoln, Neb. Weidman performed with the troupe formed by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn from 1920 to 1927, when he and Doris Humphrey left to form their own company and school.
		She then formed her own company with Charles Weidman, which performed for 16 years, producing such dancers as José Limón.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable/13729.html (428 words)

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		Charles Weidman was Humphrey's choreographic and dance partner in the 1920s and 1930s, and was himself a key figure in the development of the American modern dance.
		Like Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey was interest ed in the fundamental importance of tension and relaxation in the body, and used it as the foundation of her own system of movement principles.
		By 1931, the Humphrey and Weidman companies and their joint studio/school were firmly established in New York City.
	www.pitt.edu /~gillis/dance/doris.html (828 words)

	AllRefer.com - Charles Weidman (Dance, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Lincoln, Neb. Weidman performed with the troupe formed by Ruth St.
		Denis and Ted Shawn from 1920 to 1927, when he and Doris Humphrey left to form their own company and school.
		Weidman's most renowned pupil was perhaps JosE LimOn.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/Weidman.html (220 words)

	Conference 2001
		Charles Weidman is one of the four pioneers in the development of modern dance in the Unites States.
		Weidman has not received as much recognition as his counterparts Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, and Martha Graham.
		Most of the works by Charles Weidman which have received attention, stem from the phase of his career when he worked and collaborated with Doris Humphrey as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer.
	www.ickl.org /conf01_osu/oconf2_23.html (492 words)

	University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Scarlets Web - 10/11/01
		A Lincoln native, Weidman was a pioneer of modern dance in the early 20th century.
		Weidman was considered one of the foremost dancer/choreographers of his era.
		While best known for their choreography for the concert stage, Weidman and Humphrey were the first to choreograph modern dance for Broadway.
	www.unl.edu /scarlet/v11n25/v11n25arts.html (1921 words)

	DNB - Doris Humphrey Dances Available in Labanotation
		Charles Woodford will make restaging arrangements for the works he contracts.
		If you wish to work from score on works contracted by Charles Woodford, you will be able to join the DNB and rent the scores, video and audiotapes as available and all supporting material for the usual rental fees.
		Though encouraged by Miss Ruth to choreograph her own works, she eventually left Denishawn with her partner, Charles Weidman, to search for ways to express a contemporary American spirit in dance.
	dancenotation.org /staging/humphrey.html (1238 words)

	ArtsAlive.ca - Dance : Meet the Artists
		Charles Weidman was an early proponent of modern dance in the United States.
		Weidman eventually developed his own choreographic style, which became known as “kinetic pantomime”.
		In the 1940s, Weidman created his own group, the Charles Weidman Theatre Dance Company, which toured until its demise in 1951.
	www.artsalive.ca /en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=185 (204 words)

	Weidman Charles Edward Jr - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Weidman Charles Edward Jr - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919), American astronomer and physicist, who devised the meridian photometer with which he made more than...
		Stuart, Charles Edward, known as the Young Pretender, or Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788), claimant to the British throne who led the Scottish...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Weidman_Charles_Edward_Jr.html (102 words)

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		Lucy Ann Weidman, widow of John Oliver Weidman, a resident of 24 N. Main St., Bangor, died last evening in Gracedale, Nazareth, R. D., where she was a guest since December 14, 19(?)9.
		She was preceded in death by a son, Roland Weidman, daughter, Aletha Hinton, five sisters, three brothers, and three grandchildren.
		Weidman was the son of the late Reuben and Kathryn Groner Weidman of Upper Mt. Bethel, and for the last 50 years operated a farm in the North Bangor district.
	www.enter.net /~slabar/docs/desc0222.txt (14150 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Charles Weidman - Main Page
		Weidman was an American Ballet, Modern dancer and choreographer.
		By 1928 Doris Humphrey and Weidman would establish their own school.
		Miss Humphrey retired from dance in 1949, and Weidman would continue to teach and Operate his own studio at 934 Eighth Avenue in New York until his death.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2wedmn1.htm (111 words)

	Amazon.com: "Charles Weidman": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1928 Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and Pauline Lawrence battled with St. Denis and Shawn over the re-formation of Denishawn.
		Repertory Theatre of 1930 and 1931 was an example of collective action by the leading moderns, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Helen Tamiris, (and the second season, Agnes deMille).
		The event was held at Charles Weidman s Studio Theatre on 16th Street, west of Avenue of the Americas.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Charles-Weidman (623 words)

	Staff
		She fostered the works of American modern dance pioneers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman through Young Dancers in Repertory and its professional wing, Dance Consort.
		In 1997, Carol was one of 13 artists/companies honored by the University of Nebraska at Omaha for her contributions to the modern dance world.
		She served as an Advisory Board Member for the Charles Weidman Dance Foundation, the Dance Professional Associates, and the Beacon IS 220 (Pershing) Community Program.
	www.youngdancersinrep.org /staff.htm (1446 words)

	University of Oregon School of Music and Dance: Events and News: Janet Towner
		Towner spent a year of study at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dance, and in 1969 moved to New York City, beginning a seven-year association with dance pioneer Charles Weidman as a student, teaching assistant, and principal dancer in his company.
		In 1974 she was the vehicle for his choreographic vision of Ruth St. Denis, and subsequently became the assistant artistic director of the Charles Weidman Foundation upon his death in 1975.
		Towner's activities for the Weidman Foundation took her to many universities as well as dance companies—teaching, coaching, and directing dances from Weidman's diverse repertoire.
	music.uoregon.edu /About/bios/townerj.html (357 words)

	ttgapers store - USA - Charles Weidman : On His Own - Janet Mendelsohn, Virginia Brooks - Product Details :: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Narrated by Alwin Nikolais Traces modern dance pioneer Charles Weidman's career from his roots in Lincoln, Nebraska, performing with Denishawn, his partnership with Doris Humphrey, and the last thirty years of his life on his own.
		Historical footage of Weidman performing with Humphrey, speaking about his work, and teaching a class in kinetic pantomime.
		Describes and demonstrates the basics of the Humphrey-Weidman technique and reveals Weidman as a master of both comic and serious choreography.
	www.ttgapers.com /module-ttStore-product-asin-0871271575-locale-us.html (173 words)

	the Doris Humphrey Society - Official Website
		HERS WAS A beauty of motion such as a girl of sixteen had never dreamed ofÉ.
		Not more than 5'3" in height, slender, perfectly proportioned, Titian-haired Doris Humphrey (1895-1958) was a shaft of light as she sped across the stage in the solo, "Papillon." That was in 1928, at her first independent concert with Charles Weidman after they had both left the folds of the dance company known as Denishawn.
		No longer a shimmering, leaping vision, Doris was clearly a woman of her times: her ankle-length dress was a rust-colored crepe, form fitting and unadorned.
	www.dorishumphrey.org /index.php?pageID=10 (678 words)

	TIME.com: All the Big Muscles -- Jan. 2, 1950 -- Page 1
		For a fortnight, the barefoot brethren of the modern dance had been demonstrating their case for adoption.
		The fans saw only one brand-new work: Charles Weidman's Rose of Sharon, based on the Song of Solomon.
		As the man who comes upon a unicorn in his garden, as a chipmunk and as The Owl Who Was God, rubber-faced Dancer Weidman proved himself just about the master mime and top funny man of modern dance.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,780214,00.html (651 words)

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		Dramatic full body portrait of dancers in costume identified as Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman.
		Autographed as "To Miss Thomes, Enjoying seeing you again, Charles Weidman".
		Humphrey and Weidman were American modern dance innovators and dance partners.
	www.kclibrary.org /localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=212676 (59 words)

	Charles Weidman - On His Own DVD Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles Weidman - On His Own DVD Features
		Sections for Charles Weidman - On His Own
		Critics deemed Neil LaBute's remake of the 1973 cult classic something less than fresh during its theatrical run, but perhaps Nicolas Cage running through the jungle in a bear suit is something better suited to the small screen.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/charles_weidman_on_his_own/dvd.php (236 words)

	Limón Dance - Classes
		is a leading exponent and master teacher of the technique and dances of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman.
		She is a long-time associate of Ernestine Stodelle, an original member of the Humphrey-Weidman group, and assisted her in many reconstructions of original Humphrey works.
		Corbin has been a featured dancer and soloist with the Deborah Carr Theater Dance Ensemble performing the works of Charles Weidman.
	www.limon.org /Class/Faculty/Faculty_i.html (1379 words)

	Dance People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Carol Mezzacappa, founding artistic and executive director of Young Dancers in Repertory (YDR), of Brooklyn, NY, has continued the work of modern dance pioneers Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey and was named the 2000 University of Nebraska president’s fine arts artist/scholar in residence.
		This residency is an ongoing collaborative project involving the colleges of the University of Nebraska.
		In March, Mezzacappa and her YDR partner, Craig Gabrian, presented a series of lectures, master classes and demonstrations on arts-in-education issues and the Weidman-Humphrey technique at University of Nebraska campuses.
	www.dance-teacher.com /backissues/jun00/dancepeople.shtml (1078 words)

	Charles Weidman - On His Own
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Charles Weidman - On His Own to receive a rating.
		The career of modern dance pioneer Charles Weidman is traced from his roots in Lincoln, Nebraska to the last work he choreographed in 1974.
		The basic principles of the Doris Humphrey and Weidman technique are explained and demonstrated.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/charles_weidman_on_his_own (329 words)

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		Highlighted in the program are the great dance innovators: Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Dennis, Ted Shawn, Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Katherine Dunham, Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Lester Horton and more.
		Romaine discusses the development of the course of modern dance through the century illustrated by authentic pieces.
		Selections of dances by Isadora Duncan, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Anna Sokolow and Lester Horton are performed.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /bethjucovy/Visionaries.htm (285 words)

	Bennington College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Over the course of nine summers (1934-42), hundreds of dance students came here to study with the "Big Four" of modern dance: Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Hanya Holm, and Charles Weidman.
		She slogged through it for hours, frame by frame, in order to identify thirteen minutes of precious footage of modern dance pioneers.
		Included are fleeting moments of Doris Humphrey, Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Charles Weidman, Erick Hawkins, John Martin, and Ted Shawn, hanging out on the Bennington campus.
	www.bennington.edu /front_dance.asp (443 words)

	Deaths Dance Magazine - Find Articles
		Carol Mezzacappa, founding director of Young Dancers in Repertory and director of Dance Consort: Mezzacappa-Gabrian, which specialized in the repertoires of Charles Weidman and Doris Humphrey [see "Nebraska Helps Put Weidman Back On the Map," October 2001, page 76], died in October.
		Mezzacappa served on the Board of Directors for The Charles Weidman Dance Foundation and worked with the New York City, Board of Education.
		She was the University of Nebraska's Fine Arts Artist/Scholar and Distinguished Lecturer of 2000 and the recipient of the 1998 Performing Arts Award from Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1083/is_1_79/ai_n8698094 (295 words)

	Weidman Coat of Arms
		Spelling variations of this family name include: Weide, Weid, Weiden, Waide, Weidler, Weidman, Weidmann, Weidner, Weidtler, Widmann, Wiede, Wiedmann, Wiedemann and many more.
		First found in Westphalia, where the name Weidman emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region.
		Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Adam Weidel who came to Pennsylvania in 1729 and Dichius Weidner, who settled there in 1729.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/weidman-coat-arms.htm (1958 words)

	Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts Summary
		Denishawn toured worldwide and was the first dance company to tour extensively in America, bringing the concept of serious dance and an appreciation of unknown cultures to American audiences.
		Denishawn students Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, and Charles Weidman went on to become legendary dancer-choreographers.
		Some of the school's more notable pupils include Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman and silent film star Louise Brooks.
	www.bookrags.com /Denishawn_School_of_Dancing_and_Related_Arts (393 words)

	Great Performances: Free To Dance - Dance Timeline (1890-1920)
		On August 13, Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn, open the Denishawn School and attract an impressive roster of students -- Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, and African-American dancer/choreographer Edna Guy.
		The new immigrants bring the dances popular in southern juke joints and honky-tonks, and before long, whites flock to the Savoy, Renaissance, and other dance halls to learn the "Black Bottom," the "Charleston," the "Lindy Hop," "Jitterbug," and more.
		The Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group is formed by Charles H. Williams, head of physical education.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/freetodance/timeline/timeline2.html (360 words)

	brickcity
		She is a graduate of the University of Michigan and performed the original works of Vaslav Nijinski, Peter Sparling, and Linda Spriggs while pursuing a dual degree in International Relations and Fine Arts.
		She has studied formally at the Ailey School and The Limón Institute and has studied the techniques of modern dance pioneers Doris Humprhey and Charles Weidman while performing as a resident company member of Dance Consort: Mezzacappa-Gabrian in New York City from 1997-1999.
		During that time, she performed in such notable works by Charles Weidman as Lynchtown, Easter Oratorio, and Brahams Waltzes.
	www.ocalapride.com /brickcity.htm (286 words)

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