Lester Horton's The Mine
Lester Horton created The Mine (1935), based on newspaper reports of a local mining disaster in California. Horton’s work is divided into three sections titled “Dependents,” “Women Waiting,” and “Strike.” The American Dancer described the dance: “A group of women waiting at a mine shaft after a disaster; with a modicum of motion and no facial expression the terrific emotional strain was clearly transferred to the audience.”
Lester Horton created <em>The Mine</em> (1935), based on newspaper reports of a local mining disaster in California. Horton’s work is divided into three sections titled “Dependents,” “Women Waiting,” and “Strike.” <em>The American Dancer</em> described the dance: “A group of women waiting at a mine shaft after a disaster; with a modicum of motion and no facial expression the terrific emotional strain was clearly transferred to the audience.”