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GARY MASTERS, Director, San José Operations for the
Limón Dance Company, has been hailed by Dance Magazine as "one of the
most gifted performers in contemporary dance." He is a graduate of theJuilliard
School and has performed with Juilliard
Dance Ensemble, the Ethel Winter Dance Company and been a member
of the Pennsylvania Ballet. Since 1969,
he has been associated with the Limón Dance Company,
and under José Limón's direction, he originated the title role in
Orfeo, and parts of Emperor Maximillian
in Carlota and Black Hawk in The
Unsung. From 1987-1994, Mr. Masters served as the company's
Artist Associate. In 1994, he created the company's west coast training
center and ensemble, The Limón West Dance Project of San José which
he directed through the summer of 1998. He is also a key reconstructor for
the Limón Institute. Twice a recipient of the National
Endowment of the Arts- Choreography Fellowship, he has also
received a "New Works Grant" from the Arts Council
of Silicon Valley, been a nominee for the Bay Area's "Isadora
Duncan Award" and the Arts Council of Silicon Valley's
"Business Leadership Award." He has choreographed
works for the Limón Dance Company, Nashville Ballet,
Dance Kaleidoscope, Path Dance Company, Newcomb Dance, Dancer's Repertory
Company and Opera San Jose's
productions of The Magic Flute and
Phaedra Along with fellow choreographer,
Fred Mathews, he has created dances for their own Mathews-Masters
Dance Company in New York.
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