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The Story Behind Jose Limon's <I>The Moor's Pavane</I>

Jennifer Scanlon, a master teacher and reconstructor of the Jose Limon repertory.
photo: Laura Spencer/KCUR
Jennifer Scanlon, a master teacher and reconstructor of the Jose Limon repertory.

Dance has been described as an artform written on the body. And works by choreographers, past and present, are passed through the generations from dancer to dancer. By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – Since 1970, Jennifer Scanlon, a master teacher and reconstructor of the Jose Limon repertory, has been setting pieces, including Limon's The Moor's Pavane. Scanlon says the work, which will be performed this weekend at the Kansas City Ballet, is inspired by Shakespeare's Othello and explores the human condition.

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