How Did Katherine Dunham Contribute To Dance

The dancer I have chosen is Katherine Dunham. Mrs. Dunham born June 22, 1909, to an African American father and French Canadian mother. She was born in Chicago Illinois. She performed many styles of dance. One style she's famous for is going back to her roots and taking black culture and making it acceptable to all. Other styles she contributed too were folk and ethnic. Choreography. One big contribution Mrs. Dunham contributed was making African American and Caribbean culture beautiful to all. At a time when very, few African American's had a chance at "commercial success" she gave them hope. At this time, dance in America was very vague for the African American women, especially not when accepting your own heritage and culture. She changed
the would of dance by dancing a way people would understand. One of the most famous dance pieces to be performed by Mrs. Dunham would be Stormy Weather linked below. In today society, black culture in the dance world is very sexual and degrading. What I took away would be the fact that you can dance provocatively and tastefully without all the gyrating all over the place. After living a long influential life she later passed in May 2006 at age 97.