Obituaries: KATHERINE DUNHAM; Dancer and choreographer who triumphantly pioneered musical revues on black themes.(Features)(Obituary) From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 23, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Independent News & Media PLC. 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.Copyright information

Byline: Marilyn Hunt

Firstly, she herself is a very great artist. Every momentment she is on the W stage her gestures, expressions and movements are alive and pertinent to the situation ... secondly she succeeds because of her study of the people, among whom she has lived... Let us be wise and study her work in order that we too shall make the old traditions appear new and exhilarating." Thus The Dancing Times wrote about the first, stunning visit of Katherine Dunham and her company to London, in 1948.

A large share of credit for the current status of black culture and ...