Dance troupe spotlights Mexico ' s native son Limon
Jose Limon
Dance troupe spotlights Mexico ' s native son  Limon
 "How many of you know Jose Limon?" Audience members looked around sheepishly as just a few raised their hands.
 Revered by dance aficionados the world over as one of the iconic figures of modern dance  Limon is largely unknown in his native Mexico.
 "I must say I was a bit shocked to hear how little recognition Limon gets in his own country " said Gabriela Poler-Buzali  the Jose Limon Dance Foundation's executive director.
 Held in a sprawling museum  the show included solos by two of the company's principal dancers  who flung themselves across the diminutive stage with Limon's trademark controlled abandon.
 Limon himself was born in Culiacan  in the northwestern state of Sinaloa  in 1908  two years before Mexico's bloody and chaotic 1910-1917 Revolution. When he was 7 years old  Limon's family fled to the United States.
 Although he spent most of his life in the United States  his early years in the midst of the Mexican Revolution deeply marked him. War and conflict are dominant themes in many of his works  including "Missa Brevis."
 As a young man  he moved to New York to study painting but fell in love with dance  founding his own company after serving in World War II. He pioneered a dramatic  narrative-driven choreography style and was among the first to push male dancers to center stage. Along with Graham  he's widely considered among the key figures of 20th-century dance.
Dance troupe spotlights Mexico ' s native son  Limon
 "How many of you know [TGT]?" Audience members looked around sheepishly as just a few raised their hands.
 Revered by dance aficionados the world over as one of the iconic figures of modern dance  [TGT] is largely unknown in his native Mexico.
 "I must say I was a bit shocked to hear how little recognition [TGT] gets in his own country " said Gabriela Poler-Buzali  the Jose Limon Dance Foundation's executive director.
 Held in a sprawling museum  the show included solos by two of the company's principal dancers  who flung themselves across the diminutive stage with [TGT]'s trademark controlled abandon.
 [TGT] was born in Culiacan  in the northwestern state of Sinaloa  in 1908  two years before Mexico's bloody and chaotic 1910-1917 Revolution. When [TGT] was 7 years old  Limon's family fled to the United States.
 Although [TGT] spent most of [TGT] life in the United States  [TGT] early years in the midst of the Mexican Revolution deeply marked [TGT]. War and conflict are dominant themes in many of [TGT] works  including "Missa Brevis."
 As a young man  [TGT] moved to New York to study painting but fell in love with dance  founding [TGT] own company after serving in World War II. [TGT] pioneered a dramatic  narrative-driven choreography style and was among the first to push male dancers to center stage. Along with Graham  [TGT]'s widely considered among the key figures of 20th-century dance.