orig. Charles Edward Weidman, Jr.
born July 22, 1901, Lincoln, Neb., U.S.
died July 15, 1975, New York, N.Y.
U.S. modern dancer, teacher, and choreographer.
He studied at the Denishawn school and was a member of its company in the 1920s. In 1928 he cofounded with Doris Humphrey the Humphrey-Weidman school and dance company, for which he choreographed many works. His dances, often comic and satiric, employed an abstract, rhythmic pantomime. In 1945 he established his own school, and in 1948 he founded the Theatre Dance Company, for which he choreographed his major work, Fables for Our Time . He continued to teach, choreograph, and dance into the 1970s.