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The Call / Breath of Fire

Choreography

Doris Humphrey

Director

Amy Reusch

Collection

Numeridanse

Year of production

1997

Year of creation

1930

These dramatic 1929 solos, performed together, represent a statement about the early development of modern dance and the growth of the individual. Humphrey’s notes describe “the Call to a new vision followed by a shriving of the old body and old ideas through the purification of fire.” This description may be seen as a reference to Humphrey’s sudden break with Denishawn and the start of an independent career in 1928.

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Produced by The Doris Humphrey Society with a grant from The National Initiative for the Preservation of American Dance, underwritten by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Source : Dance Horizons Video, The Doris Humphrey Legacy: The Call/Breath of Fire DVD

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