Syvilla Fort (July 3, 1917 – November 8, 1975) was an American dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. Born in Seattle, she drew on her African-American...
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member of the Katherine Dunham Company and performed African dance with Syvilla Fort. Chinn was born on July 7, 1948, in Seattle, Washington. She is of Hoisan...
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piano when he was commissioned to write music for Bacchanale, a dance by Syvilla Fort (its date is variously given as 1938 or 1940). For some time previously...
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her Ga name: Naa-Koshie. In the 1970s she worked with Manu Dibango, Syvilla Fort, Harold Mabern, Junie Booth, Richard Davis, Billy Higgins, Archie Shepp...
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dancer. She studied with Alwin Nikolais at the Henry Street Playhouse and Syvilla Fort (Katherine Dunham Technique). She toured with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company...
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School of Cultural Arts. The school was managed in Dunham's absence by Syvilla Fort, one of her dancers, and thrived for about 10 years. It was considered...
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Lou Forbes (1926–2009; aged 83), American journalist and commentator. Syvilla Fort (1917–1975; aged 58), American dancer, choreographer and dance teacher...
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clearer: it was created for a choreography by the American dancer Syvilla Fort. Cage and Fort were both working at the Cornish School in Seattle, Washington...
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the form stemmed from Steinbrueck's personal relationship with dancer Syvilla Fort. In 1963, Steinbrueck was elected a Fellow in the American Institute...
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studied jazz from Matt Mattox, modern primitive and afro-cuban from Syvilla Fort, all the while being an active performer in the New York Vaudeville nightclub...
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