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The original project has been expanded to include balletic works as well as early modern-dance pieces created over the past 70 years or so. No longer simply a student effort, it has attracted a number of professional dancers eager to familiarize themselves with the styles and techniques of Humphrey, Eleanor King, an early member of Humphrey’s company, and Charles Weidman, Humphrey’s longtime artistic associate and partner.
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The program last weekend for the most part followed Humphrey’s creative trail, starting with her first professional appearance with Ruth St. Denis in Ishtar of the Seven Gates, the concert’s curtain raiser.
Clemens was a stunning Ishtar, Larry Ippel was Tammuz, Patricia Rothengass was Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Lower World, and Adam Pries was Gilgamesh. The score, by Charles Griffes, was performed by Wilbur Kruse at the piano.
