Katherine Dunham

Katherine Dunham is famous for

• creating dance technique.

• drumming.

• songwriting.

She learned dance from and was greatly influenced by

• Mexico

• Haiti

• Germany

Katherine Dunham moved to East St. Louis after she was already a famous dancer and opened a performing arts center.

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Which types of dance does her technique include?

• Brazilian and Greek

• Canadian and Argentinian

• African and Caribbean

Katherine Dunham

• was a professional tap dancer.

• formed the first black dance company in the United States.

• wrote an award winning song.

Her dance company performed on Broadway and was in movies in Hollywood.

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The dance company toured the United States, Latin America, and

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

One of the dance styles that her dance technique was combined with was

• ballet

• hip hop

• reggae

Dunham announced to an audience that she would not perform for an all white audience until

• tickets were on sale.

• the shows had an earlier start time.

• people of color could watch the shows too.