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Yang Liping ( Chinese: 杨丽萍; pinyin: Yánglí Píng; born 10 November 1958) is a Chinese dancer and choreographer of Bai ethnicity. She rose to fame for choreographing and performing "The spirit of Peacock" in 1986. She was the first dancer from Mainland China that went to Taiwan to perform in 1992. She is known across China for her ...
Michael Mao at Kean Stages. Born in Shanghai, Mao's family emigrated to New York City when he was 5 years old. A graduate of Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Mao earned his BA in Literature from Princeton University. During his junior and senior years at Princeton, Mao successfully petitioned for dance to be recognized [ 1] as deserving ...
Katherine Dunham. Katherine Mary Dunham (June 22, 1909 – May 21, 2006) [1] was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers of the 20th century and directed her own dance company for many years. She has been called the "matriarch and queen mother of black dance."
20-year-old University of Kentucky dancer dies from bone cancer. Liz Calvario. April 5, 2024 at 4:13 AM. University of Kentucky dance team member Kate Kaufling has died. She was 20. The university ...
Updated April 3, 2024 at 9:10 AM. A University of Kentucky dance team member who had been fighting cancer died over the weekend, school officials said. Kate Kaufling, who had osteosarcoma, a type ...
Revised Romanization. Gim Seong. McCune–Reischauer. Kim Sŏng. Jin Xing ( Chinese: 金星; pinyin: Jīn Xīng; Korean : 김성; born August 13, 1967) is a Chinese ballerina, modern dancer, choreographer, actress, founder and artistic director of the contemporary dance company Shanghai. She is a transgender celebrity.
Children. 1. Caren Marsh Doll ( née Morris; born April 6, 1919), also credited as Caren Marsh, is an American former stage and screen actress and dancer specializing in modern dance and tap. She is notable as one of Judy Garland 's stand-ins in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941). She is one of the last surviving actors from the ...
Susan Baek. July 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM. An Arizona college student died earlier this month after slipping and falling down during a hike at California's Yosemite National Park, officials confirmed ...