November 13th 2008 the Farukh Ruzimatov Foundation ‘The Renaissance of the Dance Art’ arranged a meeting with Alice Condodina, choreographer and reconstructor of the Limon Insitute for students of the Vaganova Academy of the Russian Ballet. The meeting was held at the Academy museum and devoted to the legacy choreography of Jose Limon, one of the most prominent American choreographers in modern dance.
At the moment Alice Condodina is visiting St. Petersburg within the framework of the co-project of Jose Limon Dance Foundation, the Farukh Ruzimatov Foundation ‘The Renaissance of the Dance Art’, and the Mikhailovsky Theater to reconstruct Jose Limon’s ballet ‘The Moor’s Pavane’ internationally considered the masterwork of modern dance.
Alice Condodina, dancer, master artist, and reconstructor of the Limon Dance Company. She performed as principal dancer with the Limon Dance Company under the directorship of Jose Limon. Internationally, she is recognized as a Limon Master Artist, in her role as teacher, reconstructor, and lecturer on Mr. Limon's dance legacy. Formerly, her New York City based dance company earned grants from the National Endowment on the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. In Santa Barbara, she created the Repertory-West Dance Company, and for twelve years served as Artistic Director, touring internationally as performer, choreographer, and producer of representative works by American artists such as Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, Lucas Hoving, Louis Falco, Kathryn Posin, and Remy Charlip. The dance company was in residence at the Dance Division, University of California-Santa Barbara, where she was professor for nineteen years. The Dance Division, in recognition of Ms Condodina's artistry, established the Alice Condodina Dance Performance Award given annually to a student with distinction in performance. As a choreographer, she created over fifty works. Choreographies set on foreign companies have been performed in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and Russia. Ms. Condodina was one of the originators of foreign exchange for Prague Dance Theatre and the Prague International Dance Festival. In 2003 her contributions to the city of Santa Barbara in the art of dance were recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance. Currently she works as reconstructor of Limon legacy choreography for professional dance companies, coaches and lectures with the NYC Limon Institute's Professional Studies Program, and directs workshops internationally in Performance Techniques for Dancers, and New Innovations in Choreography.
