Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the...

The Katherine Dunham Company, a troupe of dancers, singers, actors and musicians, was the first African-American modern dance company. Founded in Chicago...

2018) was an American dancer and actress who was a member of the Katherine Dunham Company, and the first African American ballerina to perform with the...

ISBN 0-394-55643-7. "Katherine Dunham". Katherine Dunham Centers for Arts and Humanities. Retrieved 3 January 2021. Aschenbenner, Joyce (2002). Katherine Dunham: Dancing...

in arguably the screen's most bravura dance sequence, Fats Waller, Katherine Dunham and her dancers, and Dooley Wilson. Stormy Weather takes its title...

at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She also studied dance at the Katherine Dunham School of Dance and Theatre in New York City. In the late 1950s and...

McKinney, Billie Holiday, Midge Williams, Lena Horne, and dancers such as Katherine Dunham, Bill Robinson, The Nicholas Brothers, Charles 'Honi' Coles, Leonard...

Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970). She was also a notable member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort. Chinn was born...

School of Performing Arts). Kitt began her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company in 1943 and remained a member of the troupe until 1948. A talented...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Katherine Dunham Company. Hollywood and Broadway have also provided opportunities for...