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This is a list of ballet companies in the United States. Company City ... American Ballet Theatre: New York: ... Chicago: Illinois: 2012–present:
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.
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 ...
This is a list of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago , Illinois , and its suburbs. [ 2 ]
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.
The political movements in the 1960s and the growth of dance in the 1970s led to the development of a number of African American dance companies. The celebration DanceAfrica, created by Chuck Davis, built on the momentum of those 1960s and 70s movements through its showcase of African and African-American traditions and art forms.