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Katherine Dunham

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Actor 1909–2006 On stage 1940–1945

Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. One of the most renowned modern dance artists of the 20th century, she has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance." While a student at the University of Chicago, Dunham also performed as a dancer, ran a dance school and earned an early bachelor's degree in anthropology. Receiving a postgraduate academic fellowship, she went to the Caribbean to study the African diaspora, ethnography and local dance. She returned to graduate school and submitted a master's thesis to the anthropology faculty. She did not complete the other requirements for that de…

On stage 2 productions, 5 years

1940 Cabin In The Sky Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by George Balanchine, Albert Lewis 156 perf.
1945 Concert Varieties Ziegfeld Theatre · Original 36 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Direction and Choreography : Katherine Dunham; Producer : S. (Sol) Hurok; Costumes : John Pratt; Musical Direction : Vadico Goglianoebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast : Katherine Dunham , Vanoye Aikens, Lucille Ellis, Lenwood Morris, Wilbert Bradley, Claude Marchant, Dolores Harper, Miriam Burton, Eddy Clay, La Rosa Estrada, Edward Hawkins, Eloise Hill, Rosalie King, John Lei, Julio Mendez, Julie Robinson, Gordon Simpson, Anna Smith, Frances Taylor, Jacqueline Walcottebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Prologue: “Afrique” (Katherine Dunham, Miriam Burton, Rosalie King, Gordon Simpson, Julio Mendez, La Rosa Estrada, Corps de Ballet, Singers)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act One: “Brazilian Suite”: (1) “Maracatu” (Lucille Ellis, Jacqueline Walcott, Jon Lei); (2) “Choros” (music by Vadico Gogliano)—(a) “Brazilian Nineteenth-Century Quadrille” (Dolores Harper, Lenwood Morris, Julie Robinson, Wilbert Bradley); (b and c) unnamed sequences, both danced by Katherine Dunham, Dolores Harper, Lenwood Morris, Julie…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Nostalgia” (music arranged by Beane) (Rosalie King, The Sans-Souci Singers); “Flaming Youth” (music by Brad Gowans) (Blues Singer: Rosalie King; Kansas City Woman: Lucille Ellis; The Charleston, Black Bottom, Moorch, Fishtail, and Snakehips Dances performed by Dolores Harper, Wilbert Bradley, and Lenwood Morris); “Barrelhouse” (…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Three: “L’Ag’Ya” (music by Robert Sanders; original story by Katherine Dunham) (Alcide: Vanoye Aikens; Julot: Wilbert Bradley; Loulouse: Katherine Dunham; Roi Zombie: Lenwood Morris; Porteresses, Vendors, Fishermen, Townspeople of Vauclin: Company)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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