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Debra Austin was the very first African-American ballerina to receive a principal dancer contract with a major American ballet company [3] in 1982 with the Pennsylvania Ballet. There she danced the principal roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppélia, and La Sylphide. Dancing these roles with a white partner was a further breakthrough.
This is a list of ballet companies in the United States. Company City ... American Ballet Theatre: New York: ... Chicago: Illinois: 2012–present:
Katherine Dunham Company: African American modern dance: United States: Founder Katherine Dunham 1939–1960 Kansas City Ballet: ballet Missouri: United States: AD William Whitener early 1957–present Kaunas Dance Theatre Aura: modern Kaunas: Lithuania: Founder Birutė Letukaitė early 1980s–present Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company ...
The only male African American in the company during her career, Danny Tidwell, left in 2005. [6] [85] In an international ballet community with a lack of diversity, [86] [87] she was so unusual as an African American ballerina that she endured cultural isolation. [88] She has been described in the press as the Jackie Robinson of classical ...
Ayo & Teo, duo of dancers and musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan; Fred Astaire (() 10 May 1899 – () 22 June 1987), American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor. He was an innovator in dance.
She retired from the stage in 1966 and settled in Chicago, where she directed Chicago's Lyric Opera Ballet from 1973 to 1979 and the Chicago City Ballet from 1980 to 1987.
Pages in category "African-American ballerinas" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
African-American dance is a form of dance that was created by Africans in the Diaspora, specifically the United States.It has developed within various spaces throughout African-American communities in the United States, rather than studios, schools, or companies.