Charles Weidman

Charles Weidman (1901–1975) was an American modern dancer and choreographer who co-founded the Humphrey-Weidman company with Doris Humphrey. His choreography combined theatrical storytelling with movement shaped by gravity and weight.

Doris Humphrey: Doris Humphrey was an American modern dancer and choreographer who co-founded the Humphrey-Weidman company. Her artistic partnership with Weidman shaped the company’s work and teaching.
Fall and recovery: Fall and recovery is a modern dance principle that uses yielding to gravity and regaining balance as movement material. Weidman and Humphrey explored gravity as a source of expressive movement.
Lynchtown: Lynchtown is a 1936 dance drama by Charles Weidman depicting a mob and the violence of lynching. The work exemplifies his use of dance to confront contemporary social violence.
Denishawn School: The Denishawn School was a dance school and company founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Weidman trained there before forming his own company with Doris Humphrey.
José Limón: José Limón was a Mexican American modern dancer and choreographer who founded the Limón Dance Company. He studied with Humphrey and Weidman before developing his own influential choreography.
Doris Humphrey technique: Doris Humphrey technique is a modern dance approach organized around breath, weight, balance, and fall and recovery. Its shared company practice provides context for the movement principles Weidman worked alongside.
And Daddy Was a Fireman: And Daddy Was a Fireman is a comic dance by Charles Weidman about a child’s view of a heroic father. Its humor illustrates Weidman’s ability to build character through movement.
Ruth St. Denis: Ruth St. Denis was an American dancer and choreographer who co-founded the Denishawn school and company. Her school provided the institutional setting for Weidman’s early training.
Martha Graham: Martha Graham was an American modern dancer and choreographer who developed a distinctive technique and repertory. Her company and technique formed a prominent parallel to Humphrey and Weidman’s partnership.
Pantomime: Pantomime communicates action or meaning through stylized gesture without spoken dialogue. Weidman used theatrical gesture to make characters and situations legible through dance.

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DenishawnRelated: He trained at Denishawn and later helped form an independent modern-dance movement.