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Katherine Dunham

  

Born:  June 22, 1909 (Joliet, Illinois)
Died:  May 21, 2006
Style:  Modern Dance (Creator of Dunham Technique)
Academics:
- B.A., Social Anthropology, 1936:  University of Chicago.
- Rosenwald Travel Fellowship in 1936 for her combination of dance and anthropology studies.  After graduation, she departed for the West Indies to study dance and anthropology in the field.  She found that dance was passed down to the Caribbean population from their African ancestors.
- Master's Degree (Northwestern University, 1947)
Biographical Information:
- Lived in Haiti on and off.
- Became a priestess in the religion of VouDoun.
- Published three books:  Journey to Accompong (1946), The Dances of Haiti (master's thesis, 1947), and Island Possessed (1969).  
- Married to John Pratt in 1940.
Legacy:
- Creator of Dunham technique.
- Incorporated African and Caribbean styles of movement with ballet and modern dance.
- A mix of dance and theater.

Training: 
- Did not begin formal dance training until her late teens.  
- Ludmilla Speranzeva
- Mark Turbyfill
Dance Credits:
- Leading Debut: Ruth Page's "La Guiablesse" in 1933
- Founded the Negro Dance Group in Chicago.
- dance director of the Negro Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in Chicago (1937-1938)
 - dance director of the New York Labor Stage
- Cabin in the Sky (Broadway, 1940).  An all-black musical choreographed by George Balanchine.  Played Georgia Brown
Film:
- Carnival of Rhythm (1939)
- Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942)
- Stormy Weather (1943)
- Casbah (1948)
- Boote E Riposta (1950)
- Mambo (1954)
Choreography:
Choreographed more than 90 dances
- Haitian Suite, for "Negro Dance Evening" in New York City.
- L'Ag'Ya (1938)
- Pins and Needles (for New York Labor Stage)
- Tropics and Le Jazz Hot: From Haiti to Harlem. (1939)
- Tropical Revue (1943)
- Bal Negre (1946), Broadway Revue.
- World Tour: Katherine Dunham Dance Company (1940s)
- Dunham School of Dance and Theater (opened 1954)
- Bambouch (Broadway, 1962), featuring 14 dancers from the Royal Troupe of  Morocco 
- Aida (1962) for the Metropolitan Opera.  Became the first black choreographer for the Metropolitan Opera.   

Links:
- PBS page on Katherine Dunham

Above:  Katherine Dunham portrait - World Telegram photo by Phyllis Twachtman

      

Above:  Katherine Dunham portrait - World Telegram photo by Phyllis Twachtman

  

Above:  Katherine Dunham portrait by Carl Van Lechten

  

Above:  Katherine Dunham portrait - World Telegram photo

 

 
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