Ralph Lemon

Ralph Lemon
Born (1952-08-01) August 1, 1952 (age 72)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Awards
  • 2000 Creative Capital Performing Arts Award
  • 2012 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award
  • 2015 National Medal of Arts
  • 2018 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities

Ralph Lemon (born August 1, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American choreographer, company director, writer, visual artist and a conceptualist. Raised in a religious environment, he developed his artistic creativity as a child.[1] Early in his career, Lemon used painting as a source of expression, and as he discovered dance, utilized movement as a physical means of expression.[1]

  1. ^ a b Diana Stockon, ‘’Lemon, Ralph,’’ in ‘’International Dictionary of Modern Dance’’, ed. Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf (Detroit, Michigan: St. James Press, 1988), 464-467.