Topic: Katherine Dunham
Two outstanding women from ballet's past have been contrastingly honored in two new books that serious balletomanes will want to investigate...
Modern dance is an art form of classical dance, as abstract painting is of realism. Welcome Isadora Duncan, Katherine Dunham, and Martha Graham and so many other pioneers of American modern dance as we know today. Isadora Duncan's tours introduced audiences ...
You have just a few more days to see a special exhibit about one of America's greatest dancers and choreographers. " The exhibit at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park closes on Sunday, March 7, 2010.
On the Upper East Side, at the corner of 92nd and Lexington Avenue, lies a building steeped in dance history. Martha Graham, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, Katherine Dunham, and Doris Humphrey all performed, taught, or rehearsed there, and fittingly, their work was ...
The article presents an obituary for dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham. When the esteemed pioneer, dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, scholar, author, activist and teacher Dr. Katherine Dunham passed in May of 2006, Amsterdam News' Zita Allen wrote, "Like those who dare dream the ...
May 21, 2006, New York, N.Y.), American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist noted for her innovative interpretations of ritualistic and ethnic dances.. While a student at the University of Chicago, she formed a dance group that performed in concert at the Chicago ...
Sultry singer Eartha Kitt, famous for `Santa Baby' and a catlike purr, dies at 81Eartha Kitt, the self-proclaimed " The singer, dancer and actress was 81.Family spokesman Andrew Freedman said Kitt, who was recently treated at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, died Thursday in ...
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Katherine Dunham
This dance scene is often overshadowed by Lena Horne. However ...2008-03-02 -
KETC | Living St. Louis | Katherine Dunham
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS producer Anne-Marie Berger traces Katherine ...2007-09-20 -
Katherine Dunham on "Shango"
In this series of clips recorded in September 2002, Katherine ...2006-05-23
