Katherine Dunham: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Kaye Dunn
Born	June 22, 1909 • Joliet • Illinois
Died	May 21, 2006 (aged 96) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors	Kennedy Center Honors (1983)
Subjects Of Study	ethnic dance

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Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins

American choreographer

Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955

Agnes de Mille

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Herbert Ross

Herbert Ross

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Martha Graham

Martha Graham

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George Balanchine.

George Balanchine

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Twyla Tharp

Twyla Tharp

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Christopher Wheeldon

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Anna Sokolow

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Mark Morris

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Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood in Singin' in the Rain, joyfully hanging from a lamppost with an umbrella during a nighttime rainstorm on a city street.

Gene Kelly

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Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

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Merce Cunningham poses on a wooden floor in a patterned bodysuit, seated with one leg bent and his arm raised, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.

Merce Cunningham

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Mikhail Baryshnikov performing with the Bolshoi Ballet

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Antony Tudor

Antony Tudor

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Paul Taylor and Bettie de Jong

Paul Taylor

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Jacques d'Amboise

Jacques d’Amboise

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Alvin Ailey, Jr.

Alvin Ailey, Jr.

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Arthur Mitchell

Arthur Mitchell

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