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Carla Maxwell, artistic director of The Limon Dance Company, is ebullient. She is celebrating her twenty-fifth year as the troupe's leader, and her latest project, the reconstruction of Limon's treasured work Psalm (1967), received standing ovations and rave notices across the country. [] A lead performer in the company from 1965 to 2000, Maxwell was a thrillingly expressive dancer. "Onstage she had a commanding presence. You found her and stayed with her throughout the entire performance," says Donald McKayle, who has known her since she was 14 when she was studying at the New Dance Group. "She didn't perform a role; she inhabited it." Limon created several roles for Maxwell, including parts in The Winged (1966), Psalm (1967), Dances for Isadora (1971), and his last major opus, Carlota (1972), a story about the Mexican empress.
Limon died in 1972. After a transitional period in which Ruth Currier and Clay Taliaferro played key roles, Maxwell became the artistic director, and since 1978, the company and repertoire have been in her hands. "She is one of the most underacknowledged gems of the dance world," says McKayle, who is now the Limon company's artistic mentor. "She has stuck to her vision and belief, which is why...
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