Humphrey's early dances, from 1928 to the
mid-1930s, were brief and exploratory, but
each one made a strong statement. Air for
the G String, premiered on the first
Humphrey-Weidman concert, at the Little
Theater in Brooklyn, March 24, 1928, was a
walking dance for five women. With
costumes and movement design tracing
smooth but simple art-deco curves, the
dance retained some of the artiness of its
Denishawn predecessors, but it gave a fresh
interpretation to the familiar Bach music.