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She made the cut and became the dance company's first African American Rockette in its then-62-year history. [2] She was chosen out of 221 women who had auditioned for the 26 open spots on the coveted line. [3] Out of the 23 other women who were contracted for on-call vacancies in the New York City production, she was the only African American. [3]
It includes American female dancers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:African-American dancers .
Baker, c. 1908 Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [14] [15] Baker's ancestry is unknown—her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard and Elvira McDonald, both of whom were former slaves of African and Native American descent. [11]
Andrea Nicoleau-Register, 37, right, and Courtney Johnson, 30, left, dance to the music during Jazz in the Gardens at Hard Rock Stadium Arena in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
The Rebecca Moses portraits of eight strong and influential Black female jazz singers will be exhibited at the Ralph Pucci International gallery in Los Angeles.
The highly respected Dance magazine did a feature cover story on Dunham in August 2000 entitled "One-Woman Revolution". As Wendy Perron wrote, "Jazz dance, 'fusion,' and the search for our cultural identity all have their antecedents in Dunham's work as a dancer, choreographer, and anthropologist. She was the first American dancer to present ...
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
Josephine Baker was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black-American culture in the 1920s. Baker went on to become one of the most popular music ...