Linda Rabin

b. 1946

A dancer, choreographer and teacher, Canadian Linda Rabin is also the co-founder of Linda Rabin Danse Moderne in Montreal. She is shown here in the spring of 2002.

Photographer: Josh Rabin

In Brief

Linda Rabins’s education and career as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer was global and eclectic, making her a unique dance artist. Born in Montreal, she studied modern dance with Jose Limon, Anna Sokolow, and members of the Martha Graham Ensemble. She also studied Asian forms of dance theatre in Japan, Bali, India, and Nepal, and the healing arts and somatic education. From 1968 to 1973, Rabin lived in Israel performing, teaching, and choreographing with the Lia Schubert Company. Rabin was the co-founder and long-time co-director of Linda Rabin Danse Moderne in Montréal, which evolved into Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne de Montréal (LADMMI). Rabin is a certified practitioner of Body-Mind Centering and an authorized teacher of Continuum Movement and Jungle Gym Workout.

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Bibliography

Lindgren, Allana. "Interview with Linda Rabin." (2011).

Fortin, Sylvie, Ninoska Gomez, Yvan Joly, and Linda Rabin. "Conversations about the somatic basis of spiritual experiences." In Dance, Somatics and Spiritualities: Contemporary Sacred Narratives. Intellect Books: 2015, 261-282.

Ruble, Blair A. "Moving center stage: Dance and Modernization in Late Twentieth-Century Montreal." Сучасне мистецтво 14 (2018): 69-82.

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