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Talley Beatty (22 December 1918 – 29 April 1995) was born in Cedar Grove, Louisiana, a section of Shreveport, but grew up in Chicago, Illinois.He is considered one of the greatest of African American choreographers, and also bears the titles dancer, doctor, and dance company director.
She eventually opened the Viviane Gauthier School of Dance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One of her students has opened a dance company in Paris and another is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in the United States. [3] Haitian-American singer Riva Nyri Précil is another alumna of her dance school. Many prominent Haitian ...
Cabane Choucoune is a cabaret and thatch-roofed club in Pétion-Ville, Haiti. [1] [2] It was built on 8 December 1940 by Max Ewald. [3] It is known as one of the best méringue dance clubs. [1] Historically, it has featured Haitian artists such as Nemours Jean-Baptiste as well as international entertainers. [4]
Company City State Years active Web site Ajkun Ballet Theatre: New York: New York: 2000–present: www.ajkunbt.org: Alabama Ballet: Birmingham: Alabama: 1981–present
Parsons Dance Company: contemporary New York City: United States: Founder David Parsons: 1985–present Patti Rutland Jazz: contemporary jazz & hip-hop Dothan, Alabama: United States: Founder Patti Rutland: 2005–present Paul Taylor Dance Company: modern New York City: United States: Founder Paul Taylor: 1954–present Pennsylvania Ballet: ballet
The audiences come not only from the Shreveport-Bossier City areas, but also from East Texas, southern Arkansas, and small communities throughout north Louisiana. Dancers from ages ten to adult are chosen each spring by open auditions to become members of the Junior, Senior Apprentice, and Senior companies of the Ballet.
Grace Lavinia Poole Williams was born the second of six children in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a family of west-indian descent. [1] She grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia and Brooklyn, New York, and studied at Washington Irving High School and then the Art Students League of New York, where she joined the American Negro Ballet, beginning her career in a number of dance companies and stage ...
Compas (French pronunciation:; Haitian Creole: konpa dirèk; [2] French: compas direct), also known as konpa or kompa, is a modern méringue dance music genre of Haiti. [1] The genre was popularized by Nemours Jean-Baptiste following the creation of Ensemble Aux Callebasses in 1955, which became Ensemble Nemours Jean-Baptiste in 1957.