Hoving, Lucas

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Name (Latin)
Hoving, Lucas
Other forms of name
Hovinga, Lucas Philippus
Date of birth
1912-09-05
Date of death
2000-01-05
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 25880551
Wikidata: Q6696180
Library of congress: n 79052565
HAI10: 000574436
Sources of Information
  • Dancer's notes, c1969 (a.e.)t.p. (Lucas Hoving)
  • Burgering, J.J. Lucas Hoving, c1995:p. 1 (b. 9/5/1912, Groningen, Netherlands; real name, Lucas Philippus Hovinga) p. 167 (became Amer. citizen in 1946)
  • Koegler, H. Concise Oxford dict. of ballet, 1987(Hoving, Lukas; Dutch-Amer. dancer, choreographer, and teacher)
  • José Limón, three modern dance classics [VR] c1999:container (Lucas Hoving, dancer in The moor's pavane)
  • Los Angeles times, Jan. 6, 2000, in Lexis-Nexis, Feb. 23, 2001:(Lucas Hoving, modern dance performer, choreographer, and teacher; d. Jan. 5, 2000 in San Francisco)
Wikipedia description:

Lucas Hoving (September 5, 1912 – January 5, 2000) was a modern dancer, choreographer and teacher most famous for the roles he created as an original member of the José Limón Dance Company. Hoving performed opposite Limón in several of the company's best known works, including "The Moor's Pavane" (1949), "The Traitor" (1954), and "Emperor Jones" (1956). He also danced in works by seminal modern dance figures Kurt Jooss, Martha Graham, Agnes De Mille, Doris Humphrey, and Helen Tamiris before forming his own company in 1961.

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