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Katherine Dunham (1909–2006)

Dancer, choreographer, composer and songwriter, educated at the University of Chicago. She made world tours as a dancer, choreographer, and director of her own dance company. She directed the Katherine Dunham School of Dance in New York, and was artist-in-residence at Southern Illinois University. She also appeared in the Broadway musicals "Bal Negre" and "Carib Song"... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideMiscellaneous Crew (8 titles)
1966 The Bible: In the Beginning... (choreographer)
 
1959 Green Mansions (dances stager: Marake sequence)
 
1956 Spring in the Heart (choreographer - as Katterine Dunham)
 
1954 Mambo (choreographer)
 
1954 Die große Starparade (choreographer)
 
1948 Casbah (choreographer: Dunham Group)
 
1942 Pardon My Sarong (dance designer, dances stager)
 
1941 Carnival of Rhythm (short) (choreographer, origination of production)
 
Show ShowActress (6 titles)
1954 Mambo
Katherine Dunham
 
1948 Casbah
Odette
 
1944 Cuban Episode (short)
Dance Troupe
 
1943 Stormy Weather
Katherine Dunham
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm
Katherine- 'Smart as a Tack' Number
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1943 Stormy Weather (performer: "Stormy Weather" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1942 Star Spangled Rhythm (performer: "Sharp as a Tack")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
2006 Legends Ball (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 In the Mirror of Maya Deren (documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Great Performances: Dance in America (TV series)
Herself
Free to Dance (2001) … Herself
 
1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 January 1988 (1988) … Herself
 
1983 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV special documentary)
Herself - Honoree
 
1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 31 October 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1954 Die große Starparade
Herself (as Katherine Dunham mit ihren Tänzern, Sängern und Musikern)
 
1950 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.36 (1950) … Herself
 
1950 I'm in the Revue
Herself
 
1941 Carnival of Rhythm (short)
Herself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1954) She performed in the ballet, "Errand Into the Maze," "Ardent Song," and "Deaths and Entrances," in a Katherine Dunham Dance Company production at the Saville Theatre in London, England with Lenwood Morris, Lucille Ellis, Vanoye Aikens, and Wilbert Bradley in the cast. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Katterine Dunham | Sängern und Musikern Katherine Dunham mit ihren Tänzern
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Founded America's first major black modern dance company, Ballet Negre, in Chicago, when she was 21. Alvin Ailey was among its first members. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer