Harlem Stage Artist Circle Member, MacArthur Fellow and award winning composer and pianist, Vijay Iyer and Doris Duke Performing Artist Award winner, Pulitzer finalist and pioneer composer and trumpeter Continue reading
Katherine Dunham’s Harlem Renaissance 1948 (videos)
In 1948, Katherine Dunham opened and directed the Katherine Dunham School of Dance and Theatre near Times Square in New York City after her dance company was provided with rent-free studio space for three years by an admirer, Lee Shubert; it had an initial enrollment of 350 students.
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