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DEBBIE ELLIOTT
Weekend All Things Considered (NPR)
05-27-2006
Katherine Dunham Helped Teach Hollywood to Dance

Host: DEBBIE ELLIOTT
Time: 19:00-20:00 PM

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When Alvin Ailey was 15-years old he went to see Katherine Dunham and her dance company perform. In his autobiography he described the experience as transcendent and called Dunham an unbelievable creature. Alvin Ailey went on to study with Dunham, as did Jerome Robbins and many other dancers and choreographers. She introduced them to African and Caribbean movement. And her dance company was a staple of Hollywood, ...

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