African-American History Month Dance Spotlight: Pearl Primus
25 Jan 2021
African-American History Month Dance Spotlight: Pearl Primus This month we pay tribute to Pearl Primus, a dancer, anthropologist, choreographer, teacher and – ultimately – a doctor who lived from Nov. 29, 1919 – Oct. 29, 1994. Primus was born in Trinidad but her family [...]
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26 Feb 2020
In honor of black history month, Dancing with Class honors African American dancer, Katherine Dunham. She raised awareness to African Dispora cultures (cultures of African decent that were displaced to different countries due to slave trade like Jamaica) by merging Caribbean cultures’ [...]
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