masterpiece

The dance, called \”Missa Brevis,\” premiered the following year in a bombed-out church in Budapest and would become a masterpiece of the Limon canon. The June 1958 issue of Dance Magazine declared \”it has been a long time since modern dance has produced a work so profoundly stirring and exalting.\” Carla Maxwell, artistic director of the Jose Limon Dance Company since 1978, called it \”one of those rare, perfect dances. Poland moved Limon profoundly, and from it, he created some of the most glorious choreography.\”