The Influential Katherine Dunham by Trav S.D.

Just a few jottings about African American dance giant Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), since we've had a couple of occasions to mention this pathmaker in the past. Dunham was a Chicago teenager when she began studying the Eurhymthic philosophy of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze. Following high school she studied ballet with prominent teachers like Ludmilla Speranzeva and Ruth […]

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