Dancer Katherine Dunham; Formed Black Ballet Troupe

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 23, 2006| Author: Adam Bernstein - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright information

Katherine Dunham, 96, a dancer and choreographer who introduced black dance as an art form to Western audiences and once said her troupe's torso-swiveling performances were "called anthropology in New Haven, sex in Boston and in Rome -- art," died May 21 at an assisted living facility in New York.

No immediate cause of death was disclosed, but she had reportedly suffered in recent years from recurrent malaria and chronic hepatitis.

Ms. Dunham, an astounding beauty whose dances ...

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