Katherine Dunham

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Katherine Dunham was a pioneering African American dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist who revolutionized modern dance by integrating Caribbean and African diasporic movement into concert performance and founded one of the first Black modern dance companies in the United States.

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Katherine Dunham canonical 14
Katherine Mary Dunham 1

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instanceOf activist ⓘ
anthropologist ⓘ
author ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
educator ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology ⓘ
awardReceived Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-05-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Northwestern University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Dunham ⓘ
fieldOfWork choreography ⓘ
cultural anthropology ⓘ
dance ⓘ
ethnochoreology ⓘ
founded Katherine Dunham Dance Company ⓘ
fullName Katherine Mary Dunham ⓘ
linked to: Katherine Dunham
givenName Katherine ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn African American concert dance ⓘ
theatrical jazz dance ⓘ
influenced Alvin Ailey ⓘ
Pearl Primus ⓘ
Talley Beatty ⓘ
modern dance in the United States ⓘ
movement African diaspora dance ⓘ
Caribbean dance ⓘ
modern dance ⓘ
notableFor developing the Dunham Technique ⓘ
founding one of the first Black modern dance companies in the United States ⓘ
integrating Caribbean and African diasporic movement into concert dance ⓘ
notableWork Dunham Technique ⓘ
occupation anthropologist ⓘ
choreographer ⓘ
company director ⓘ
dance teacher ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
performedIn Broadway ⓘ
Hollywood films ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to: New York City
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence East St. Louis, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
studied African diasporic religions and rituals ⓘ
Caribbean dance traditions ⓘ
Haitian dance ⓘ

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Dunham → hasNotableBearer → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
South Side Writers Group → notableMember → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Katherine Dunham → fullName → Katherine Mary Dunham ⓘ
linked to: Katherine Dunham
Stormy Weather → hasCastMember → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Stormy Weather → hasChoreographyBy → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Dunham Technique → developedBy → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Dunham Technique → namedAfter → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Dunham Technique → codifiedBy → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Katherine Dunham Dance Company → foundedBy → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Katherine Dunham Dance Company → namedAfter → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Katherine Dunham Dance Company → hasMember → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
American modern dance → hasPioneer → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Talley Beatty → studiedUnder → Katherine Dunham ⓘ
Talley Beatty → influencedBy → Katherine Dunham ⓘ