José Arcadio Limón (January 12, 1908 – December 2, 1972) was a dancer and choreographer from Culiacán, Mexico and who developed what is now known as ‘Limón technique’. In the 1940s, he founded the José Limón Dance Company (now the Limón Dance Company), and in 1968 he created the José Limón Foundation to carry on his work.