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Katherine Dunham

Born

in Glen Ellyn, IL, The United States

June 22, 1909

Died

May 21, 2006

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was an American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, author, educator and activist who was trained as an anthropologist. Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in American and European theater of the 20th century and has been called the "Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance".[1]

During her heyday in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, she was renowned throughout Europe and Latin America as La Grande Katherine, and the Washington Post called her "Dance's Katherine the Great". For more than 30 years she maintained the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the only permanent, self-subsidized American black dance troupe at that time, and over her long career she choreographed more than 90 individual dances. Dunham was an innovator in African-Ameri ...more

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Katherine Dunham’s books

Average rating: 4.19 · 372 ratings · 37 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Island Possessed 3.74 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1994 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Touch of Innocence: A Memoir of Childhood 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kaiso!: Writings by and about Katherine Dunham by Katherine Dunham, Sara E. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dances of Haiti 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Accompong 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kasamance: A Fantasy by Katherine Dunham, Bennie Arrington (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equality For A Lightning Bug: A Small Collection Of Poems By really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Equality For A Lightning Bug: A Small Collection of Poems by really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to Accompong 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Katherine Dunham Hirschfeld Herald with Signature 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."

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― Katherine Dunham

tags: achievement

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“Go within every day and find the inner strength
so that the world will not blow your candle out.”
― Katherine Dunham

tags: meditation, positive, strenghth

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