Katherine Dunham: Much more than `just a dancer'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: June 10, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Karen Heller

NEW YORK _ Katherine Dunham possesses the imperial elegance and radiance of a woman who has always been beautiful and held the light of center stage.

"My job, I think now, is to make a useful legacy," she says, propped up against an ivory mountain of pillows, bejeweled in strands of Ghana amber and a thick cuff of white, cut shells. "And that legacy is more than being just a dancer."

Just a dancer.

As a choreographer, Miss Dunham _ as everyone calls her, though she was married to theatrical designer John Pratt for 46 years _ created more ...

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