Litz, Katherine, -1978

Katherine Litz, modern dancer, teacher and choreographer, was born on July 26 1912 in Denver, Colorado. She studied dance with Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. She performed with the Humphrey-Weidman Concert Company and with Agnes DeMille. During the 1940s she danced in Broadway musicals and choreographed a section of "Ballet Ballads." Litz worked with Al Carmines on several productions at Judson Memorial Church in New York, and presented programs of her own works in New York and around the country. Over a period of many years she taught and lectured at colleges and universities including Bennington College, Black Mountain College, and Columbia University. In 1947, Litz married the American artist and set designer Charles Oscar, from whom she later separated. Katherine Litz died in New York City on December 19, 1978, three weeks after her last performance.

From the description of Papers, 1927-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612197061

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