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Hace 6 días · Katherine Dunham (born June 22, 1909, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S.—died May 21, 2006, New York, New York) was an American dancer and choreographer who was a pioneer in the field of dance anthropology. Her fieldwork inspired her innovative interpretations of dance in the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. Katherine Dunham.
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In 1945, Dunham opened and directed the Katherine Dunham School of Dance and Theatre near Times Square in New York City. Her dance company was provided with rent-free studio space for three years by an admirer and patron, Lee Shubert ; it had an initial enrollment of 350 students.
The Dunham School is now known as the Katherine Dunham School of Arts and Research. Its components are the Dunham School of Dance and Theater, the Department of Cultural Studies, and the Institute for Caribbean Research.
In the mid 1940's, Dunham returned to New York and opened the Dunham School of Dance and Theatre, the first of many Dunham schools. In 1946, the school was expanded and renamed the Katherine Dunham School of Arts and Research.
27 de may. de 2006 · May 27, 20064:00 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. Jim Dryden. Audio will be available later today. Katherine Dunham introduced African and Caribbean rhythms to modern dance. The...
23 de may. de 2018 · During the 1940s, she opened a New York dance school, the Dunham School of Dance and Theater, which remained open for a decade. Dunham is credited with teaching her students the technique of isolationism, a form of dance that emphasizes the isolation of individual body parts.
23 de may. de 2006 · Katherine Dunham, the dancer, choreographer, teacher and anthropologist whose pioneering work introduced much of the black heritage in dance to the stage, died Sunday at her home in...
